I have been a vegetarian for 15 years though I am married to a full fledged meat eater and one of my two children eats it so I cook a lot of foods that can go either way. Garlic in any form.The family joke is "if you smell garlic it must mean I'm cooking." I was raised in a primarily Italian home so I cook mostly Italian food handed down by my dad and grandfather, but my mom taught me to bake and I still love it. My favorite thing to bake is bread and I do so often. My spinach artichoke dip has a great reputation and I recently got a whole 1st grade class to chow down on suger free cookies, I was pretty impressed with that one. The key lime Pie where I forgot to add the condensed milk, has to be the worst, we still talk about how sour it was. I also am a menace to myself in the kitchen I'm always getting cut or burnt but I still love to cook. I also have a tendency to leave my very long hair in the food I make even though I tie it up when cooking.