Avid Elvis Costello fan, employed at a Fiduciary. I do perform in musicals every once in a while! I love my houseplants and my potted plants outside. I probably think I'm cooler than I really am :-) Anything that is Barbequed, Smoked, Fried, Pickled, Dehydrated, Slowcooked, inexpensive, or exotic (especially Thai or Indian or Spanish). I think I love old world cuisine! I enjoy baking rustic loaves when I have the time. Swedish pancakes (or crepes as most people know them) but much larger than I've seen regularly. My dad used to cook these every Sunday, and we used to slather them with everything from syrup to cottage cheese to sour cream. I *must* get that recipe, but I think it's in his head...and he has a special pan and way of greasing it with fat and a technique for turning them...I hope I can master them one day! Another simple Sunday tradition was the drive through dairy, when we'd get milk and orange juice bars. My mom likes to cook veggies in like a drop of water, so I grew up smelling a lot of burnt vegetables. She also was great at cooking southern cuisine because she was raised in Texas. He traditions as she ages is to mix the most unlikely things together like potstickers and spaghetti sauce...it's her version of Italian Asian fusion :-) Mastering the art of cooking from a recipe or even being able to throw something together that actually tastes great from what's on hand. I'm really proud everytime something turns out exceptionally well and becomes a favorite. Salisbury Steak in college, I mixed everything together in the recipe and ruined it! I also burned a pan of eggs that were on their way to being hard boiled. Boy that stunk...don't party and then get a craving for egg salad sandwiches at 2 in the morning!