My favorite childhood memories are of being in the kitchen with my mom. I was the only child out of six that I can remember being there in the kitchen with mom nearly every evening. I watched her create wonderful suppers for our family and she always allowed me to help with something to put dinner on the table for our large family. I still love to cook and luckily my husband likes it too! We cook dinner in our well-equipped kitchen together most evenings, and he is the ultimate grill chef to boot. We had the good fortune to cook in Tuscany, Italy in June '07 with Chef Claudio Panitini and had a wonderful time cooking and eating our culinary creations with foodies from all over the world! The group cooked for several hours with the chef each of the four days in his private teaching kitchen, then enjoyed the fruits of our labors on the porch of Claudio's beautiful estate in Tuscany-pure heaven! I enjoy the recipes on allrecipes.com;so a big thank you to all who share your favorites. Fresh salsa (in season); marinara from scratch; anything with fresh ingredients, including fresh herbs. Meals I can make in my LeCreuset small dutch oven; braised meats and stews, soups, etc.