My Mother allowed me to start cooking by the time I was 12 years old. I did find that I enjoyed creating different foods and seeing the look on everyone face. Guess I could say it soothes my soul. Being from Texas my favorite things to cook are the Tex Mex foods. Living around a large family by the time Christmas rolled around everyone was tired of all the Grandmothers Turkey and Dressing meals. When my children were little I started to cook a complete Mexican meal for our own Christmas Holiday dinner. Now for the holiday would be a big disappointment if I even thought of serving anything else. Learning how to bake fresh homemade yeast bread. There have been many tragedies along the way, but I learned with each one.