I am an administrative assistant with a passion for food. I enjoy all aspects of food from purchasing the ingredients to putting the dishes together to eating it. I'm a regular foodie. I love to bake and decorate cakes as well as cook. I have been cooking and creating recipes since elementary school, and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. I love cooking lots of things. My favorite thing to do is experiment and create new recipes. Every year for Thanksgiving each member of the family is assigned to bring a dish as their contribution to dinner/dessert. I enjoy sampling the new desserts or dishes that people have come up with. I won the grand prize of $3,000 in the 2005 IGA Hometown Holiday Recipe Challenge in Chicago. I followed a cake recipe without questioning it when it called for 3 tablespoons of salt. The cake was so salty I had to toss it and start all over.