My family is rather large, 11 in all. Mealtime is the absolute most important time shared in our home. Holidays and every day, we invite others to join us. I have enjoyed cooking for a very long time. Mexican, *Italian, and BAKING SWEETS! New York style cheescake! My family counts the days from one holiday to the next, looking forward to my baking a cheescake. My two year old daughter is part of my county tops!!! She is very interested in cooking at such an early age. This makes me proud, and really makes it worth the time I spend in the kitchen. Making a good fruit pie crust. All I needed to do was stop trying so hard! Yes it was that simple. I followed the recipe of friend who uses *Butter Flavored Crisco. I still cannot roll a "Jelly Roll" without it cracking!!!