My partner has brought me from the depths of my cooking days which consisted almost entirely of boiled noodles, to my present more adventurous stages. Cooking for me is fun and relaxing, and I find it tragic that so many people find it tedious, meaningless and arbitrary. Casseroles, stir fries and pies. Apple pie, which took me years to figure out, and casseroles I now can invent with what's in the pantry, but are still edible. A moroccan stew in which I added about 8 times the amount of cayenne needed.