Very happily "partnered" for 16 years. Four wonderful kidlets (all grown now mostly). My twins are my babies and now they are college sophmores! Love to travel and love France and all things French. Spend a great deal of time in France and South Beach and other parts of the world and try new cuisines wherever I go! tartes, slow cooker soups and roasts, lamb chops, pasta dishes, roast poultry, anything new My mom didn't like to cook and so we always had the "basics" but they still are comfort foods to me! Baked Beans, Spanish Rice, Tuna Casserole and so on. I make a mean rack of lamb! My fall soups are always a hit when entertaining. I pride myself on highly detailed dinner parties. Having my oven break while roasting lamb for a dinner party...the guests already being there...and having to try and cook everything in the small second oven. YIKES!