I've been cooking for longer than I can remember...but when the kid left, I changed my cooking habits. I'm married and have one "child" in the house...his name is Benji - the Dog. We love Benji and he's so much fun. I'm constantly making him get out of the kitchen when I'm cooking! German Chocolate Cake; Collard Greens; Green Beans with Bacon Bits; Spahgetti; Beef Chuck Roast. Our family love to get together around Thanksgiving time. We'll have two or three desserts, three types of meat, greens, mac-n-cheese, cornbread dressing..the works. It's a great way to get the family together to give thanks. My mom used to make us kids a german chocolate cake and I remember that she used a rotary egg beater. I learned how to make that cake the way she did...with the rotary egg beater. My mom was a trooper and my hero!... but now I use an electric mixer! Whew! The first time I made cornbread dressing I put too much sage in it. It came out green and looked like dog food...I now go easy on the sage...and realized that the flavor come out when it cooked!