I love cooking for friends and family and get great joy from spending a day or 2 preparing and cooking a big meal, then to sit down as a group and devour... When I'm not cooking or eating... I enjoy travelling and snowboarding, also like to read, swim and circuit train (got to shift those extra calories somehow). I will have a go at (almost) anything... But I guess regular faves are Mexican, Thai and of course Sunday roast. I love making cakes and muffins too, I have a very sweet tooth!! Christmas... lovely steamed puddings, rich iced cake, spicy pickles. Christmas day a few years ago when I was a vegi... I made a roast vegetable crown which consisted of a filo pastry crown with a beautiful cheese souffle inside and topped with roasted veg. I was the only vegi at the table and it served about 8!! Needless to say everyone had to try it and there was hardly any left. A spanish flan for pudding which just went terribly wrong from the beginning and didn't set properly so i disguised it by covering it with brown sugar and making little brulee's instead!! I don't think anyone noticed...