I love cooking for friends and family (and myself). When it comes to baking I usually bake for parties or coworkers, because otherwise I scarf down the results way too quickly! Lately I've been trying to cook more healthy and organic foods. I really can't stand artificial flavorings or sweeteners! I also love baking, which probably cancels out my healthy foods, but everything in balance :) My mom is an awesome cook and always made sure we had dinner together. Now we share recipes and ideas for the kitchen all the time. One of my vegetarian friends swears by my cooking! I like the challenge of putting together a meal depending on individual people's tastes. My desserts tend to receive a lot of compliments too :) I tried making fortune cookies with a friend in junior high, and they turned into icky, floppy, overly-almond-flavored flapjacks that wouldn't solidify into fortune cookies... I think I'll leave that recipe to the professionals.