I am a nearly 30 yr old stay at home mom. I am a southern girl with Italian and Irish roots, so the love of food is very natural for me. I have worked for a 5 star restaurant in Northern Virginia, and plan to return to work for a finer dining restaurant in the near future. I was also a pizza chef for 3 yrs, so doughs are very easy for me to work with. (I love my bread & pasta machine!) I love to make homemade high end candies and desserts as gifts. Comfort foods are my all time favorite, but staying fit keeps me from indulging as much as I would like. Comfort foods, breakfast, desserts, candy making, pastas, breads. Homemade truffles at the winter holidays. Baklava for gifts one year 30 people. Truffle trays, all hand rolled. Omelet station chef for 5 star Sunday brunch. Wow many, especially when my son was very young or when I was a novice in the kitchen. Many ruined souffles. Jerk chicken so hot in was not edible. Rubbery hard hand made noodles. Burnt things galore! Raw centers in my baked chicken at a dinner party. And my all time worst ever mess has got to be when I broke a full crock pot of chili, dumping 2 qts of beans meat & sauce, or the time I left a walk in freezer door open at work ruining nearly $4500 worth of dough and cheese.