I love to cook. I have catered a few times, and I of course make a banquet anytime we have company. But mostly I just like to cook. We almost never have the same thing twice. There are a few old standbys, like brushetta and caprese salad, california rolls, and thai stirfry. Those I keep the same time after time, but everything else is open to change! I like to cook anything with veggies. Straight from the garden is preferable, and sometimes I just randomly chop them into things, or puree them and add them to sauces. You never know when you will get a hint of Zucchini in the tomato bisque! :) Ahh, the Thanksgiving drunken turkey... he can't drive, but who cares? And no-bake cookies. I don't know why, but my brother makes them the best. Same recipe, *I think* same technique, but his are lightyears better then anyone else! I have replicated the Ahi Tuna appetizer from the Bonefish Grill, and the lamb chops from Wolfgang Puck, and the very BEST would be pan fried cheesy grit cakes that I have made even better by topping with a seafood gumbo... YUM-E! Where to start? My mother put me on a chair when I was five and started me cooking. I have burned, schorched, over salted, under sweetened, over sweetened, and in general ruined thousands of dishes. But every one is a learning experience! My kids won't eat anything brown after the brown soup tragedy of 2005. (even the flies wouldn't land on it, the dog sniffed it and went and hid... I am unfortunately not exagerating) My husband ate it. He is a real trooper... and I no longer rely on his opinion only when making new things!