I'm a college student attending The University of Georgia who really likes food. I'm not the type of girl who could ever skip a meal (ask my boyfriend, who's dealt with my hunger moodiness more than once). I am only beginning to really learn techniques and flavors, but I'm an eager learner! I'm studying Health Promotions and Behaviors at UGA and hope to go on to Physician Assistant's school. I'm very close to my mom and have wonderful friends. Hopefully I'll be able to share some great recipes of my own. I love savory foods. Some people fall for the cakes and cookies, others want salty or sour, I love hearty, starchy, creamy foods. Mushrooms, potatoes, pastas, cheese . . . if it's good in the fall it's probably good any time of year for me. I especially enjoy Southwestern, Mexican, and Mediterranean flavors. My mom makes the best marbled brownies and makes egg rolls on the grill! My family is the type that always has something fabulous to eat during gatherings. A new great bottle of wine, a specialty cheese someone's cousin recommended, a new recipe Grandma's trying out. We have ham on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's and our palette is very Southern. I make terrific phyllo-wrapped spinach triangles and stuffed mushrooms, and I'm not too bad at mashed potatoes either. My first attempt at zucchini bread . . . sucked. It was horrible (thought don't tell my former roommate that, her smugness when it comes to baking is really too much to bear). It was my first big baking attempt. The chocolate wasn't melted enough and there was too much of it, and I made the mistake of throwing flaxseeds in, which ruined the texture. Ah well, you cook and you learn, right?