I took pleasure on cooking a few years back, when I moved to the US and was living on my own. I started cooking simple things and not long after I was buying all kinds of gourmet cooking books and spending the whole weekend in the kitchen cooking all sorts of dishes. I even though about doing the Culinary Academy, but I didn't think I'd have the discipline (or the money!) to go through. Haven't had the chance to use many of the recipes from the website yet, but it seems like there is a lot of good recipes from very talented ppl. I enjoy cooking whatever I find complex to get done...it's like it has to be challenge for me to overcome. I also like baking cakes and cookies. My family is from all over the place, Spain, Italy, Armenia and I grew up eating those different cuisines. I must admit my favorite is Mediterranean and Italian. My grandma from dad's side used to gather the family for lunch on the weekends and we would have all sorts of Armenian/Greek dishes. My fave was the dolmas. From mom's side, it was all about Italian food, specially pasta. Don't think I have any....yet! As ridiculous as it may sound, I just can't bake brownies...not even the ones from mix...