My husband and I both love to cook. We both work outside the home, so it is relaxing to putter around the kitchen together and catch up on how our day went. He is the BBQ expert and I love to bake. We both love to try new foods, and different ways of cooking. Cajun food, bread, southern food, and all kinds of desserts. We cook Thanksgiving dinner for our extended family. They arrive early and congregate in the kitchen. It is wonderful to have them together in our home, and to have an excuse to break out the good china. We also cook mass quantities for one or two potluck picnics each summer. It is not unheard of to make 50 pounds of potato salad or baked beans and a dessert, and head to the picnic site where my husband will preside over the grill and cook the burgers and hot dogs, and I help set up and serve the food. I have baked a couple of tiered wedding cakes that each served more than one hundred people. Because I wanted them to be absolutely perfect, I baked practice cakes and gave them away before I made the real cakes. This made me very popular among friends and family.