Retired from the military...always have been medical worker, not a nurse...been divorced many years, long enough to become friends with the "ex" again...two grown daughters...discovered the joy of cooking about 6 years ago...tremendous amount of satisfaction with putting out good food. Still pretty general. I have a couple dishes that always produce grand comments. Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners. My grandmother's "pineapple salad." An apple based thanksgiving dressing. My pumpkin pie/cake...sat like lead and weighed almost as much. Could feel my arteries clogging.