Hey there! I'm a 27 year old legal assistant living in the Los Angeles area. When I'm not busy with work, I try to spend much of my free time in the kitchen. I'm constantly looking for new recipes to try, so this site has been a great help! I really like to cook, but I LOVE baking. I plan on attending culinary school in the near future to complete a baking & pastry program. Unfortunately, this site has no way that I know of to really communicate with other cooks, so if you'd like to get in touch and talk food or anything else, contact me at vwgirl22003@yahoo.com. Happy recipe hunting!! :) I only cook things that I would eat, so that leaves out seafood (I don't like it and there's no convincing me...many have tried!) I love most things chocolate...doesn't everyone? I figure, the worse it is for you, the better it tastes. It's terrible, I know...but it's the truth. However, I do like to modify rich recipes to make them a bit more health conscious. I guess my favorite cooking tradition would be baking and decorating cookies around Christmas time. When I was younger, my mom made it an annual event (cookies and gingerbread houses). Now, I try to set up a gathering with friends each year during the holidays for a Christmas/Cookie Decorating Party...it's pretty entertaining how much fun a group of adults have doing something that many only remember from their childhood. Although, I guess I should attribute some of that entertainment value to the alcohol consumption. ;)