I'm a married-with-no-children hobby collector. I'm always looking for new ways to cook standard vegetables. I also like experimenting with Asian and Indian foods. We live in an area of town saturated with Asian culture and have had a great time exploring the Asian food marts and figuring out what to cook with our exotic finds. Being able to pick vegetables and herbs from the back yard garden and throw them in pan. I once made a potato salad that was completely gluten, dairy and sugar free. We took it to a BBQ and it was gobbled up! We took it to every subsequent BBQ after that one that summer and received the same results. But now I can't make it. It was overkill. Meringue is my worst enemy. But cooking tradgedies never do any lasting damage, so I just shake them off!