I am the mother of three very active boys and wife to my best friend. We recently moved back to our home town after my husband's Army career ended and there is no place like home! I have a demanding job and schedule, so cooking is a challenge. I love allrecipes for the wide variety of recipes and cooking methods. I LOVE pasta and bread. Bring on the CARBS!!! I know more about Italian cooking, so I tend to be more comfortable with those dishes. I also love fried foods and bar foods. If I know what it is suppose to look and taste like, then I can make it. If I never ate it before, then I won't make it. On the first day of school my mom always made us chocolate chip cookies, every year until we graduated. I have started doing it for my kids as well, although sometimes they get the packaged stuff due to time and work. But I don't tell them. If my children choose my cooking over a McDonald's Happy Meal, then that is a triumph! Tragedies...I'm not really good at baking yet. I added baking soda to cupcakes once. I made some peanut brittle that ran off the pan and all over the oven floor. No major tragedies, but as soon as I hit one, I will put it here.