I'm a live-to-eat kind of person. The only thing that saves me from being big as a house is poring over recipes and creating fabulous meals, savoring every nuance rather than consuming and being consumed by food. Simple, easy to make, out of this world dishes without a lot of expensive obscure ingredients. Oh ... also low fat, low calorie and healthy. It's quite the challenge but then I love a challenge. Growing up, if it wasn't fried my mother didn't make it. Ever heard of fried cabbage? Wild goose with hunter sauce roasted in a wood-burning cook stove served one Thanksgiving about 10 years ago. Took over 5 hours and was worth every one of them. Never put an aluminum pan on high! Imagine almost setting the kitchen on fire boiling rice!