Native American mother and grandmother of 12. Love to keep busy and learn new cooking ideas. I am currently working on a home cookbook passed on by the female members of our family. Oh god, too many things. I love cooking meats in different ways. Making pasta and any kind of cake that is a challenge. I think keeping alive the recipes my mother and grandmother used to make, is what cooking is all about. Now if my daughter would see it like that, then I guess I did a good job as cook. Anything food you cook and don't have a ton of leftovers is a triumph. I cooked my first meal at the age of 15, it was mullagan stew with mutton, and gave my husband food poisoning. I never cooked it again. Haaaa.