First and most important, I love to cook and bake. I am mainly of German background so both sides of my parent's families were big on cooking and baking. I love comfort meals like meatloaf, pastas, chicken dishes, and meat and potatoes. I love to bake cakes, cookies, pies, and fudge. I use a lot of garlic and spices. I make things simple and easy like my Mom does, but still very flavorful. My meatloaf, my turkey and dressing, my cookies, my pies, and my cakes. Once I made a turkey and ham in the same oven for Christmas and the ham was overcooked and the turkey was WAY undercooked.