I love cooking and baking. I especially love the thrill of finding something new to try. I like to try new "culinary recipes" as opposed to new "cooking recipes". But on the other end of the spectrum, I enjoy finding new recipes that are inexpensive. I like to find a recipe that works with whatever meat is on sale on the front of the local grocery flyer. I love cooking Indian food mainly because I love eating it! I also enjoy baking, again because I love eating baked goods! My Mother always made Indian food and I guess I am carrying on that tradition. We are not Indian. Creme brulee, slow cooker carnitas, dal makhani. I got a cookbook from the library on Southern Cooking. I tried three recipes and they were all horrible! My family brings it up often. I don't think they used a test kitchen when writing that cookbook!