Cooking (and baking) relaxes me. I love to plan meals and spend the time in the kitchen getting everything perfect. I read cookbooks for fun and I watch the Food Network religiously. I just graduated from college, and now I'm working full time, which leaves me less time than I would like to experiment in the kitchen. I'm lucky my boyfriend will eat anything (and tell me he likes it), because some times my experimentation doesn't work out so well. I love to bake. I have been baking cookies for as long as I can remember, and I have just recently begun attempting to perfect breads and pies. My family is big into food. Not so much gormet, but good food none the less. When my family gathers, all of the good things happen around the table.