My mother is a brilliant cook. However, I never appreciated the kitchen until about 8 years ago. Got hooked on the Food Network Chanel! I hardly ever stick to recipes, always modifying them. I love food. However I'm not very adventurous with Pasta's. Perhaps someday someone will entice me with a reason to try it. Not sure if this is because we never ate much pasta as children if that had something to do with it - but definitely not educated in that field Breads, breads, breads. Ah and also went from someone who never made desserts to enjoying making them - especially Tiramisu! I've been rather fortunate in that I haven't really had any tradegies. Made mistakes certainly, but I wouldn't call them tragedies.