I collect cook books and enjoy trying new recipes. I spend quite a bit of time surfing the internet for new recipes. I can usually be found on Allrecipes on the recipe exchange a hefty few hours a day, it has become my hobby over the past year! What else can I say: I am a wife, mother and servant to my precious cats (they have me trained quite well)!! I like to try all types of recipes. My favorite dishes to try are any pasta dishes. I also enjoy baking cookies. Every Thanksgiving I make the homemade noodles. Bad things would happen if I ever tried to get out of this duty! At Christmas I make several candy & cookie trays. I have done this for years and my daughter now joins me in keeping up the tradition. I have a few things that are on the trays every year that my daughter says would not be Christmas without them, but I usually try to throw in one or two new things to add to the mix. Every year when I have all of the noodles done and the candy/cookie trays finished! So far so good! ;)