My love for baking started when I was just a little girl. After getting out of school & working in an office setting for several years, I realized how much I hated getting up to go to work every morning for a job I had no passion for. So what did I do? Quit working in the office altogether & enrolled myself in culinary school to become a professional pastry chef. I'm sure you can guess that *now*, I LOVE MY WORK!!!! Getting up & going to work has never been so easy & fun :-). DESSERTS, DESSERTS, DESSERTS!!! I also love trying new savory recipes from various regions, as mentioned in the "Cooking Interests" section of my profile. Traditional Korean dishes. Bibim Bap (hot clay pot with rice & veggies), Mandu (Korean dumplings), Kimchi (spicy cabbage side dish). Anytime I cook meat for my fiance & it coming out well is a triumph for me! I only eat chicken on a rare occasion so I know how to cook that well but all other meats are a challenge since I don't eat them! Not a tragedy but it was quite funny... I made chocolate cups using blown up water balloons, w/o water of course, and the last balloon I dipped to make a cup EXPLODED all over me! It went all over my kitchen, the ceiling...EVERYWHERE. This was years ago but I still find bits of chocolate in weird places every now & then :-).