I work to support my cooking habit. "Eastern European comfort food"; Dad was Montenegrin, Mum was Croatian, grandfather was a commercial fisherman. Take it from there. My cooking is based on the "five food groups": garlic, olive oil, herbs, wine, and either pasta, polenta or risotto. Marathon sessions making cabbage rolls. Making triple chocolate mousse cake every year for my daughter's birthday. Perfect risotto! Trying to make dessert; the chilled (which became frozen) orange creme caramels are the best example. When one's spouse is a pastry magician, one just had better give up on the sweets.