I've lived in the states for 11 years now. I'm married to a Bulgarian lol and God has blessed me with 2 beautiful kids, 7yrs boy and 1 yrs girl. Being Albanian and dealing with two cultures is not an easy thing to do, but having a lot in common foodwise has helped a lot. I love to cook and they love to eat. My grandmother and Mother are exellent cooks from whom I've learned more than I could tell you but I always had the tendency to experience with recipes and most times I've succeded. Oh, I'd cook anything. From a meal that takes hours to prepare to a meal that takes only minutes. Usually I stick to our traditional foods, Bean soup, stuffed vegetables, a lot of desserts, salads, and meat entries which are very imoprtant to us. Well, around New Years, my mom would cook baklava from scratch for us and 6 other nighbours, filo and everything with her bare hands ( which by the way is something that I haven't been able to do for years) We live very far from one another, and the only traditions here are with my friends and their families. There is noone just yet that has tried my food and hasn't asked for some to go and the recipe... Triumph I call when everyone is eating and eating good. And that is everyday for me, unless otherwise hahhahahaha Oh, I was making stuffed eggplants about 3 yrs ago, and working long shifts at work, I said to myself I'll just put it in the stove, I'm just gona close my eyes, not sleeping, just closing my eyes. The next thing I know, I was pretending that I wanted them a little well done at dinner table. And I've made once Shendetli, Dessert with honey and pralines which is very traditional, and I am good at it. But it so happened that instead of sugar I put salt, Oh My God, can u imagine a $30 dessert went straight to the trash can