I have been cooking and baking for almost 30 years and love to experiment with recipes. If I can change a recipe and make it better, healthier, easier or tastier, I do. I am a stickler for details and spend alot of time making whatever I cook look appealing. Presentation is everything! My best things are apple pie, hearty soups and stews. I have just started bread baking and love it. I am pretty good with a potroast and have gotten eggplant and chicken parm down to a science. The yearly traditional all fish Christmas Eve dinner at my house with the entire family. Perfect Chicken Parmigiana and home baked bread to die for! My first Thanksgiving Turkey when I left the gizzard package in the cavity (who knew?), my first dinner for the in-laws when I served a practically raw ham because the oven was broken (again, who knew?) and my total Christmas Eve disaster 4 years ago, when my timing was off and I burned everything except the stuffed clams.