amom and grandma who likes good food cooked quickly since i work fulltime simple meals and comfort foods. I learned a lot of dishes from my many fosterb families I grew up in. My tradition is to teach my daughters that recipes sre guidelines and not carved in stone. I have a well loved and much requested soy sauce chicken recipe. my nfirst time cooking I made fettucini alfredo. I was 15 called mom and asked what half and half was...she said half vodka/ half gin.....cheese did not melt....The family still talks about that dinner.