I'm a 23 female, married, aspiring cook. I say aspiring because really all I can make is staple foods like meatloaf, and other "easy" recipes. My husband is a wonderful cook, and a lot of these recipes allow us to spend time together in the kitchen, and rather than cook "for" each other, we cook "with" each other. mint meringues, breakfast pizza, meatloaf, cabbage rolls, french fries, steak, hamburgers, kielbasa, and 3-way chili. Taking some of my mom's, grandma's, and dad's recipes and cooking them myself. Realizing that black pepper is best used in extreme moderation.