I love to cook and bake. I love to try new recipes and have my friends and family over to try them. I'm a better cook than baker but I enjoy it all. I get the short end of the stick sometimes because my husband used to say that he didnt take me out to dinner because my food was better than the restaurants! (yeah, right :-) I love making pastas and Asian food. I have recreated the lettuce wraps from P.F. Chang's and I make really good crab and cream cheese wontons. I enjoy cooking most anything. I like making good, fresh and different salads as well. I make a lot of my mother's and grandmother's recipes. We grill a lot in my family and this paid off after Hurricane Katrina. We had to grill everything since we had no electricity for several weeks. My mom grilled lasagna, french bread, rolls, veggies, everything. It all tasted great. We do that all the time now. We also bake Christmas cookies and candy every year and give away as gifts. There is just something special about getting a homeade food item that you know was made out of love with someone's hands.