I am a total outdoors woman, nature is my passion. I share my life with my partner Michael and together we share our loving dog Phinneous. We have a great sized garden in our backyard, we grow herbs and veggies. We both love to try food from all over the world. Being with a Vietnamese man has taught me to make hundreds of soups with what seems to be hundreds of ingredients. My father is a chef so I have accumulated his recipes along the way, nothing is better. I hope that I can bring some new, vegetarian, and multicultural dishes to everyone out there. I love sharing the same passion for food and cooking with others. I love to cook vietnamese dishes(mostly soups). I also love to cook vegetarian meals, even though my partner thinks that something(meat) is missing. I love to work with pork, herbs from our garden go so great with it! We also like seafood, it is a must have in the summer---grilled fish----yum! Because my father is a chef, all of our family's cooking traditions were centered around him and his ideas. We always baked cookies each year during holiday time. We also did make your own pizza night----oh the ideas! My mother always made us our own playdough----the smell is so memorable! DINNER PARTIES, DINNER PARTIES, DINNER PARTIES........I don't think that I need to say another thing! I love hosting them, I love the guests, I love thrilling everyone with my dishes, but UGH! OHHHHHHH, BAKING DESSERTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Before we purchased our new oven, I had every excuse why I burned every dessert, but now-----ugh----no excuse!