I started working in the food industry when I was 15 years old and lied about my age. I worked in Dunkin' Donuts and later, transferred to another bakery to work as an apprentice. After completing my apprenticeship, I moved to N.C. For over 20 years, I have made home made wedding cakes for friends and paying customers. I love to cook and get many compliments for my cooking. Friends always ask me cooking advice so I guess I'm pretty good at it. Polish Soul Food (family recipes, Baking Bread and Pastries, Italian Food and pretty much anything. I don't care for recipes that have too many steps or too many way out there kind of ingredients. Cooking traditions would include: Christmas Cookies at Chirstmas, Cooking Punchke,which has become a family occasions. A Puncke is a Polish donut stuffed with Raisins and rolled in powedered sugar. This requires many hands to roll 200 golf sized balls of dough and stuff them with raisins. Making Home Made Pierogi, Babka and Kruscki. Stacking a wedding cake and having it stand straight for 6 hours. Learning how to make a delicious Hush Puppy! It took me 10 years, but I finally have it down! Learning how to make a delicious Hush Puppy. It took many years to learn how to make the correctly. So many batches got tossed right into the trash can. Not even the 'puppies' in my house wanted to eat them!