I love to spend Sunday afternoon cooking, making meals for my family for the week. Baking is limited to a few pies... as much as I love to cook, baking just doesn't thrill me. I am best improvising, use ingredients thatI have on hand and making up recipes to avoid a trip to the store. Some of my favorite cooking has come from people I have talked with at the farmer's market. I think I have to say soup and spaghetti sauces. But I like to cook fish and chicken and fresh vegetables. Having something cooking on the stove all day... everyone comes in and says, "wow, something smells good in here"; it brings me back to my Meme's house and makes everything feel homey. Rarely using recipes... I love to peruse the recipes and reviews on allrecipes, but then I usually use a combination of what other people have tried. Its like a science class experiment... usually turns out without blowing up the kitchen. 90% of the time, I burn the bread!!