I think everyone says this, but cooking was instilled in me by my Ba Noi (my grandma). I love feeding an army. I love the look on peoples faces when they're chowing down and I aim to please. I find prep work tumultuous. I wish I could hire servants to cut up and clean up after me, but I guess I'll have to wait to win the lotto! I love authentic, prepared from scratch meals, please don't Sandra Lee me! I love to exercise as much as I love to eat, however I think I might love to eat just a little bit more. Actually I'm sure of it! I am extremely fond of wine,in particular red wine, whites are okay I enjoy a good Geurtz or a Bordeaux every once in a while. Lately, I've been on a sweet kick. I enjoy cooking just about everything. However lately I've really been into making broths, soups, and really utilizing bone marrow and whole chickens. Sounds like I've been making Pho-Right?! I enjoy making Paella because its one of my favorite dishes and lasagna is always fun to put together. Whenever I've been in town I've always made Thanksgiving Dinners, I mean the whole Thanksgiving Dinners. My cousins and I recently decided to start a Christmas tradition of baking cookies as a collective whole to one-appreciate girls night and two- to allow our creative sides come out for the good of fattening up the family! My cooking triumphs, if you ask my siblings its my banana bread. No one comes close to making it the way I do, but then again we're only talking about My family. I'm sure there's a ton of people who can beat me at making amazing banana bread. However I'm just excited that I finally figured out how to make Pho correctly, I think slicing the beef was the biggest triumph in that ordeal. Umm yeah, serious art form to cut beef that thin. . . My fiance would tell you that my cooking tragedies are far and very few in between, but a good and funny one is my pizza. Something about rolling it out or tossing it around doesn't do me any good. The amount of cheese to sauce ratio gets me everytime! Not necessarily the best creation from me, but definitely not the worst.