I'm a full time student at UC Berkeley studying philosophy and English. I cook simple meals on weeknights and often tackle larger projects on weekends. Pork, chicken, turkey, soups, stews, cakes, pies and candies. My family does a good job making a small amount of ingredients go a long way by putting them into soups, stews, pies or pastries. I felt pretty good the day I made homemade divinity. I once put so much chili powder into a burrito recipe that a group of southern Californians could not bear to eat it, and neither could I! Another time I frosted Christmas cookies with black frosting- nobody touched them. The most memorable incident is when I made meatloaf the night my brother came home after six months away, and I served it partially raw. Oops. He and my boyfriend both felt obligated to eat it for awhile before I realized and put the remaining loaf back in the oven for half an hour.