Cooking is one of my few creative outlets (along with creating jewelry and knitting). I'm a mom of 5, soon to be 6, and I have a background in vegan/vegetarian cooking. I love to share and try out great recipes, and my friend Linda recommended this site. I grew up eating out in restaurants, so I've pretty much taught myself how to cook - although my Mother could make a mean Cornish game hen, fabulous cranberry sauce, and great Christmas cookies. Homemade bread, pizzas, frozen pies :) I love to cook anything my kids say they love. Big Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at my Grandpa and Grandma Noble's house (haven't had those in MANY years) with everyone's special dish. I can pretty much throw anything together and get great results. I just do what comes to me and amaze even myself. I think cooking (moreso than baking) is all about letting the creativity flow through you without getting in the way. I am especially proud of the breadbowl salads that my husband and I made when we sold artisan breads and other foods at our local farmers' mkt. People were still talking about them 4 years after we stopped doing our buisiness! Almost every birthday cake I make for my husband looks like a truck ran over it. Oh well, he loves me anyway!