as a child, my parents made it a priority to "expose" me and my sister to the fine restaurants in our city and around the world. I have grown up eating a variety of foods, and love good food, made with quality ingredients. I don't love the excessive amounts of bad food sometimes served in todays restaurants! traditional cajun dishes: Redbeans&Rice, shrimp scampi, barbequed shrimp, jambalaya, gumbo, etc... baked goods; I am the go to girl for desserts in the family. several times a year my mother, sister, and I all get together and prepare a lavish and extravegant Traditional English Tea which have been inspired by those we enjoyed at the Windsor Court, Various Ritz Carltons, and most of all the phoenician in Scottsdale, AZ. It is time consuming, but by far my favorite family cooking tradition. finally understanding yeast bread recipes when i was coming into my teens. coming to know what spices complemented which ingredients, and knowing how to created the taste I desired without having to test a recipe first. I attempted to make Petit foures and I guess just used too small of a baking pan... they were not what I remembered getting at the bakery as a child.