I'm mom/grandmom - love love love to cook - favorite time Sundays - a cookin' and a bakin' all day - homemade bread - soups &/or stews - fish - lots of stuff in the crockpot Unfortunately my favorite things are heavy, eastern European foods - lots of meat, pototoes, starches - I'm learning to cut back on the fat/carbs, but it's not easy after all these years - my favorite Food Channel gal is, of course, Paula Deen I do make a killer homemade chop suey Christmas morning breakfast for the whole bunch - 4th of July BBQ's - Mac & cheese made with parmesan and mozzerella - what we call "good spaghetti" made with tomato soup (old family recipe) When my family was all home, I used to make Christmas for 30, pretty much all by myself - fabulous memories - fabulous food I've been fortunate - in 40+ years of cooking, no one has ever been sick - nothing has ever burned badly - no fires - I've never poisoned anyone :o)