My ethnicity is Italian (father) and English(mother). I grew up with lots of Italian pasta dishes and American comfort foods like meatloaf ad mashed potatoes. I learned how to cook from my mother and was allowed to cook and present dinner meals by the time I was 13. I love to cook and have others enjoy my meals. I've retired from a 20 year career in social services. Due to the recession, I find it necessary to seek employent again. Pasta dishes, chicken dishes, seafood, especially shell fish. Christmas eve traditional Italian fare: All seafood and anti pasta, fruits and nuts for desert and we sneak in some Italian cheesecake and coffe or espresso. stuffed pork loin, paella, pasta fagiola,lasagna, shrimp scampi I made brasciole ad didn't realize until I untied it and cut into when cooked that i left out one of the key ingredients. Its a good thing I didn't have any guests, just me and my husband. He thought the brasciole was ok but I was floored. I had never forgotten anything before and it wasn't like I didn't have it on hand.