I grew up in California, went to the Navy and now live in Virginia Beach. I cook out of the desire to eat just a little bit better than fast food all the time. I've also found that it's a lot cheaper to prepare a lot of food and freeze it in a Tupperware container to take with you on the go. BEEF! Specifically, I love Mexican food. I also love a good pizza and a burger. Our family tradition was to never have the same thing at Christmas. We also loved to grill our breakfast and to eat breakfast as dinner. I cooked an awesome chicken soup that would make Rachael Ray cry. I'm working on a triumph though with my "real pizza burgers." Because I am still new, I pretty much stick to the recipes. I guess my tragedy to note is that I still stick to the recipes and haven't developed a style of my own.