I started cooking when I was about 4-5 yrs old. I was the youngest child, and not in school yet so Mom would let me help her in the kitchen. I had my own little cooking set and Mom would put a small portion of what we cooked in the pots so I could pretend to feed my dolls. Soups. I don't know how I do it, I just take anything that is available, throw it in a pot ans VOILA, it's soup. My boyfriend says they are so good I should open an Soup and Salad resturaunt. Preparing Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. All the trimmings and desserts. Being able to master cooking without a recipe...most of the time. There have been too many to try to remember. Breads that don't rise. Cookies that are too hard to bite into. Oversalted stuff. You know... the usual disasters.