I started to cook more because I had to not because of an underlying desire to do it. But as a mother and wife I'm really happy that I am able to make yummy and nutritious food for my boys. I love that I'm able to duplicate my husbands favorite out to eat meals at home! Love making desserts (mostly because I love eating them!) So far baklava has been my most ambitious and successful endeavor. My family is Russian so no matter what holiday we're celebrating there has to be some Russian cuisine. Christmas borcsht anyone? Cooking on the grill. The big open flame always intimidated me but I think I finally got it down! Putting 1 cup of salt into a apple pancake bake instead of a teaspoon, as the recipe called for. In my defense the recipe was hand written and I thought that a cup of salt sounded really strange. That's the worst but there have been many trial and errors.