I am a Junior at the university and have been trying to cook since I was about eight years old. I am a lover and a writer and a painter - I love trying colorful things and consider myself just breaking into professional-level cookery. fish, Indian food, Mexican food, desserts - particularly pie. I've won awards. Food that smell are our favorite foods to make. Ones that make the whole family wander into the kitchen smacking their lips asking what's for dinner. Trout - we caught three trout one Saturday and went home to figure out some way to spruce it up. After they were cleaned and gutted, I mixed up a superb tapenade of oil-soaked sundried tomatoes/fresh basil/feta cheese/fresh roasted garlic. It was last-minute, but so exquisite we talked about it for days. Salt cookies. I have ruined many a dish, but the one that sticks out the most are those salt cookies.