I have always loved cooking , even when I wasn't very good at it. I started when I was 11 years old. My home was always filled with people cooking from my Mother, two sisters and brother.Family dinners are very important. Most holiday dinner are at my home but pot luck, picnics, camping is all wonderful. Cooking is great but I do LIVE to bake. When a dessert is needed for a dinner or other meal I will always volunteer. Bread is another thing I love to make, their is nothing like the smell of fresh bread. My 16 year old is just staring to make bread and loves it. Favourite recipes are Focaccia Bread, anything lemon, and chicken is always a favourite Birthdays are big in our house. My children are growing up 13,16 and as of yesterday 19. Party's have always been important, from the invitations to the decor to food and the cake and the all important goodie bags I love to plan every thing. My children tell me they had the best parties, and they were always home parties not at restaurants I made real Croissants, the first time I made them I was so nervous. I followed the recipe to the letter. They were perfect. I have a sister that is a really good cook and she make everything perfect always and she was very impressed, anytime I can impress my sister I know I have done a great job When I first started baking as a kid I thought the more you beat a cake the better it would be, WRONG when I took it out of the oven it was flatter than when it went in, my sister gave me a rough time about that for years. Every time I wanted to make a cake I was reminded not to over mix the batter