I have been cooking off and on for twenty years, I started out young. I love to cook, but don't go through all the trouble if I'm just cooking for myself. Luckily I now have a boyfriend who enjoys eating in so I have an opportunity to cook more often. Just love to cook anything that gets rave reviews from friends and family! Use to have these all day cooking marathons for Thanksgiving and Christmas. My sister and I would cook and cook and cook pretty soon we were too exhausted to even eat, in retrospect that wasn't very fun but we did it every year. We even planned an elaborate menu a few weeks before. My cooking triumphs aren't huge, but I consider it a triumph when everyone ask for seconds! I made potato soup for my boyfriend when I was 19. I undercooked the potatoes, and so I poured the soup down the disposal. I was just learning then.