Happily married with no children, but a big family none the less. I love baking and desserts. Doesn't matter if it's cake, pie, bread, cookies, or anything else. Just as much, I love to make main courses for dinners. I'll try nearly any recipe once. Except fish, especially since I'm allergic. Cooking IS our family tradition! We have some recipes that have been passed down, but not many. I think mine will be the first ones to really be passed around most because I make great efforts to share my recipes. I can successfully pull off a three course meal in under 30 minutes, using whatever you have in your house! And on a more personal level, I finally have one recipe that is so requested that I now know it by heart, result of making it so many times. Absolutely every recipe Rachel Ray has ever created has gone horribly WRONG in my kitchen. And I have to say that those are the only disasters I've ever had. Hmmm... gee, what a strange coincidence...