I have been happily married for 12 years and have 2 rambunctious boys ages 6 and 2. I love to entertain and try out new things on my "guinea pigs" and sometimes its great, other times I have to apologise:) I wouldn't consider myself an expert by any means, but I'm learning and branching out more and more and it's a fun journey. I have fun cooking Middle Eastern food. It's just so different from our every day stuff that I generally make, like Mexican, Italian, etc. And my husband, who hates to cook, is from the Israel, so I like to see how it turns out against food he grew up on. My favorite food in the whole wide world is my grandmother's potato salad and baked beans. Growing up, every time we would go up to visit, she would have a big batch of potato salad and beans waiting just for me. Even now as an adult with kids of my own, she still has it waiting when my family comes to visit. With my own kids now, every Sunday during the holidays, we make Christmas pancakes. I have molds of a Christmas tree, snowman, snowflake, and a gingerbread man and they have a blast eating it. The candy I made last Christmas was definately a triumph for me. I had been so averse to making candy for years and years and when I finally did it, I found out it wasn't so hard after all. I remember the first time I made filet minon I completely charred it. Not good...