My favorite thing to cook are things that I can do successfully and things that make fabulous leftovers so I can enjoy my hard work over and over again! My favorite cooking traditions are so varied: there is making Sekanice at Easter with grandma, or cooking on the 2 burner alcohol stove on my parents' boat during summer vacations when I was a kid. My cooking triumph was mastering 2 recipes my grandma traditionally made: one is old fashioned raisin filled cookies at Thanksgiving and Sekanice (Easter Meatloaf-a Bohemian tradition) for Easter. She's since passed away and its special to family to still have it "taste" like she was still here with us.