Im a 25 years old and I live in Southern California with my boyfriend and doggie.I looove to cook...dunno where I got it from. I wasn't raised around much cooking. My mom would make dinner (but didnt have a passion for it) and my dad was always on the bbq. Im self taught and loooove it. My Fav time of the year is thanksgiving...DUH! Need I say more? :) Anything and everything...I love to cook new things and use unique ingredients Ive never used before. Im always buying random foods and experimenting with them. We dont have any...Im the only "chef" in the family. haha. Turkey day eeeeevery year! Stay out of my kitchen! oh...I can make a mean cheesecake! :oP On one of my first attempts I made 3 cheesecakes for Christmas for my family. I spent so much time making them. I dyed each cheesecake an xmas color (green, red and blue). I even made a sour cream topping for each (colored as well) Anyway, long story short...I added too much sugar to the graham cracker crust, causing the crust to turn rock hard. The cheesecakes were impossible to cut through so everyone just ate the filling. :P What a disaster!