I am married to a wonderful man who give me free reign in the kitchen and always comes to my aide when I need help there too. We are both ministers and work full time as well I just love to cook. I love tryng new recipes and swapping out things to fit our tastes. If I had to choose tho I would say desserts the fancier the better We really didn't have any family traditions. I lived with my gramma growing up and there was no instant anything in our home. Everything was made from scratch from bread to pudding and it was all very precise. I learned to make cookies from gramma and listened to her stories of the lue ribbons she had won at local county fairs for her pies and cakes. pulling together holiday meals for 15 or more without any help at all. A recipe I found for porkchops with clove. I was trying to impress my step dad with my culinary skills and the cloves were so srong it wasn't fit to eat. It was a huge disaster.