I'm 31 years old and newly married to my long-term partner. We both value locally grown foods, and things that are processed in a sustainable manner. We are lucky to live in Madison where the local food scene is so vibrant! I love baking cakes especially but for everyday food I've been on quite an Indian kick lately. I was lucky to get a lesson from the author of the book Six Spices which really helped simplify the process of making the various curry gravies. Now I use that and 660 Curries all the time. My family cooking traditions consist of Oreos in milk with canned peaches and heavy syrup, or Bisquick biscuits covered with canned chicken a la king, so I don't hold to them much anymore. My favorite appropriated family tradition is fresh lefse with a little butter and sugar at Christmas time. MMMMMMM! Everytime I feed someone and they're too busy eating to talk. :) I once made a German chocolate cake for my husband's (then boyfriend) birthday. I didn't know that you had to temper the eggs to make the frosting so I just dumped them into a pot of hot butter, sugar and coconut. I ended up with the most disgusting scrambled eggs ever!