My mother is one of the best Southern Cooks around, so I have a lot of live up to, but I'm trying new things and mastering some of the old, and getting better. I finally mastered biscuits and gravy! I love casseroles and slow-cooker recipes that just wow you! And soups! Soups are my all-time favorite! I work full time so it's great to leave your food all day and come home to a meal! My Mom has several recipes that I have tried to carry on--her biscuits and gravy, chicken and dumplings, cornbread, chile, great desserts like sour cream coconut cake and dream pie. She makes a gumbo to die for, which I have yet to get the recipe for. I do make vegetable beef soup that is yummy! My Mom is a pie baker and I don't really try them often, but I did make a great pecan pie this last Christmas! Also, sour cream coconut cake (double layer) that turned out great, and I've finally mastered Lasagna. I substituted powered sugar for flour in a batch of chocolate chip cookies 2 years ago. I couldn't figure out why the cookies were bubbling in the oven like a bad science project! Also, one Christmas I tried homeade cheesecake, beat it too long or something because when I baked it it tore open like the San Andreas fault after an earthquake! Then I compounded the disaster by adding a quart of frozen red raspberries and when they thawed it looked like a bloodbath. These things help keep me humble, what can I say!