I'm a married father of 3. I enjoy cooking because it's a convenient way to be creative. I also do some painting, but I enjoy cooking more. Paintings are nice, but not everyone appreciates them. Everyone can enjoy food. In the last few years, I've gotten interested in my herritage, and have been scouring the internet and other resources looking for American Indian recipes. I found a few, which are delicious and simple, but still very limited. Some of them have also been altered for modern day ingredients. I try to figure out how to cook these dishes using what was available hundreds of years ago. The resulting flavor is completely different when I succeed. I don't think there needs to be a holiday involved to have a great meal. One of my favorite dishes to cook for a large group is roasted turkey with a rice & sausage stuffing I came up with. I created my own barbecue sauce and my own hot sauce that people keep requesting from me. Most of my failures involve baking. I once made a loaf of bread where the yeast must have been dead because it didn't rise and was as dense as raw cookie dough.