I AM A GRANMOTHER OF 11 AND ONE GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER... ALL OF MY GRAND KIDS ARE GREAT BUT ONLY ONE GETS THE TITLE.. I WORK AS AN ACTIVITY DIRECTOR AT A SMALL ASSISTED LIVING CENTER AND LOVE MY JOB WORKING WITH THE ELDERLY... MAYBE CAUSE I'M ON MY WAY THERE MY SELF.... I LOVE TO COOK , MOSTLY FAMILY STYLE MEALS BUT DABLE IN SOME GORMET... I HAD MY OWN CHEF BUSSINES FOR A WHILE BUT DECIDED I WOULD RATHER COOK FOR THE FUN OF IT.... I ENJOY COOKING MEXICAN FOOD AND LOVE MEDITERAIN FOOD. BUT DOWN HOME SOUTHERN COOKING IS WHAT I ENJOY MOST... MY MOTHER WAS FROM THE SOUTH WEST AND I ALWAYS LOVED HER COOKING... ONE OF MY FAVORITE COOKING TRADITIONS HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS ..30 PLUS... HAS BEEN TO INTERDUCE A NEW RECIPE AT OUR HOLIDAY MEALS... WE HAVE COME UP WITH SOME PRETTY GOOD RECIPES WITH THAT AND NOW MY FOUR GROWN DAUGHTERS ARE DOING THE NEW RECIPE THING WITH THIER FAMILIES... MY FRIENDS THINK I AM A GOOD ENOUGH COOK THAT THEY HAVE ASKED ME TO CATER WEDDINGS FOR THEM... I THINK A COOK CAN ASK FOR NO BETTER COMPLEMENT AS A 9 YEAR OLD MY FIRST ATTEMPT TO MAKE COOKIES WITH NO RECIPE... WHILE MY MOTHER WAS AWAY... I ADDED A BOTTLE OF PEPPERMENT EXTRACT TO THE DOUGH AND PUT DROPS OF DOUGH ON A COOKIE SHEET AS I HAD SEEN MY MOTHER DO.. THE HOUSE REEKED FOR DAYS... AND WHEN MY MOTHER CAME HOME THAT DAY THERE WAS NO DENYING WHAT I HAD DONE.... THAT WAS MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS AGO .. DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER HAD A DISTER TO COMPARE TO THAT ONE...