Maybe it all started for me as a young boy, helping grandma make fresh loaves of bread, cookies, popsicles, taffy, anything beef - the prototypical Great Depression-era type of subsistence living this generation adopted in large part. But I've always enjoyed cooking, baking, just throwing down great-tasting meals and food combinations at any given time. During the spring and summer months, I spend a good deal of time barbecueing steaks, seafood, chicken, fish and grilled veggies to boot. I like fixing things that freeze well, like chili, marinade, mexican. Meat. Lot's of it. Accidentally measured 1c baking soda instead of 1tsp (I was 12) in batch of cookies. They were the most golden-brown, delicious looking cookies and the dogs wouldn't even eat them.