We eat together every night. Someone has to fix the food! Both parents cooked and my mom pretty well, but I didn't really start cooking until I was going to starve to death in Russia, at that point, I realized I had absorbed alot from mom. I like to experiment with Indian dishes, and I think deep down I am a vegetarian, because I hate messing with meat. I have my husband often deal with the meat. I can make a mean Spaghetti Sauce, I like Stollen at Christmas and no one is allowed to sit down until the cook is out of the kitchen and seated! It's so old fashioned, I love it. I made three kinds of stuffing for 150 Peace Corps volunteers in Zelenograd Russia. I can't take all credit because I had like 8 helpers. I also can make a pretty good sweet and sour pork, but its a hassle. Agh, with every thing new there is an improvement that could be made or the challenge of recreating it.