I started cooking in college, when I lived in a house with 15 and then 24 other people. It took awhile to learn to cook for only a few people! Would like to learn fancier dinners and also tackle yeast breads. Desserts, mainly cookies and cakes, and soups, especially anything thick and hearty. My mother's side is Slovak, so they're always good for Pascha bread and pierogies. My husband loves my corn chowder and quickbread. Fat-free pumpkin muffins with every substitution imaginable. They were so rubbery, they bounced!