My name is Lorena and I've just had a sudden interest in cooking. It was because of my mom actually. I became vegetarian and she didn't like it and all she would cook would have meat in it, so I decided to cook for myself. And I'm really happy about it. Now I just want to get healthy. I pretty much prefer just to cook alone; it's very relaxing. I hope I progress much further in the future. :D I love cooking pastas. No certain kind. They all rock. xD I don't really think we have any family traditions. My family barely even acts like an actual family in private. We cook all the usual Hispanic foods and some we suddenly wanted to eat. :) I cooked a fabulous pasta for me the other day and it turned out fabulous. It looked just as good as it tasted. No one was there to witness it sadly. I'm sure it could have served four people at least. But me being so proud of myself and having a great desire to eat it all ate every last bit of it. :P I failed to make rice properly. xD I blame my sister she did most of it but I consider it as partly my failure as well. I didn't really help her as much as I could and wanted to.