I love to expermiment making new dishes. my family is always "accusing" me of making "exotic" foods that are soooo fancy. I have a huge sweet tooth so I love to bake. I have a weakness for cakes or cookies. I love to give food items for gifts during the holiday. I really look forward to the holiday season just so I can make some tried and true recipes as well as discover new ones My background is a deep southern traditional way of cooking. I get requests for the recipes of some of the things I make and a lot of complements. I still have some misses with my baking. For example some times my cakes come out soooo dry