I am a teacher by profession. I love being with children and animals (though not necessarily in that order!) I love cooking food that is simple and easy to make. (I simplify recipes to my convinience, if necessary). However, I do not enjoy cooking on an everyday basis - the maid does that. I like to try out new dishes at restaurants, analyse them, and then reproduce them at home. Baking cakes and cookies with my daughters. I'm a perfectionist, so everything should be a 'triumph'. Was doing an exam and my stiffly beaten egg whites 'ran' because I hadn't added the sugar and had let them stand while I got busy doing something else. Had to start all over again.