I started cooking when I was 6-8, not entirely too sure when I made those first batch of cookies in the real oven. My sister and I love to cook (she's better); we learned because my mother hates doing it and therefore encouraged us to cook whatever we wanted whenever we wanted. I like comfort foods, traditional foods, baking pies and cookies! I like to work with fresh fruits and vegetables as well as improvising my own soups from leftovers. I am also a big seafood fan. I also love spices, to work with and for the sake of my palate. Letting those who want to cook do it all! My father's original Thanksgiving stuffing recipe, lasagna on Christmas Eve, my Dad's reuben sandwiches (with pea soup), german chocolate cake on my birthday. Learning to make a decent marinara sauce, not sweet and not acidic and enough spices for my husband and I to enjoy. Making perfect oatmeal lace cookies, learning the importance of shrimp paste. My first angel food cake. The last fresh cherry pie I made. My earliest spaghetti sauces. Do I have to keep talking about this? I would prefer not to.