I've been cooking and baking as long as I could pull a chair up to the counter. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of baking cookies, cakes and pies with my mother. I love to bake, and have since I was a small child. I also love trying out new recipes, as well as creating my own. When creating my own recipes, usually it takes me several years to perfect it, but the journey is very fun. Passing on the love of cooking. My mother let me stand on a chair and help, and I'm doing the same with my daughter. My daughter is only three, but she loves to pour the ingredients into the bowl once I measure everything out. It's also helped her get over being picky about certain foods she thinks she may not like; by letting her 'cook' dinner, she's much more apt to eat it.