Well i have been cooking a while since my mother made me make all the meals because she was at work all the time and needed the help,now 8 years later im taking care of my husband who cant get enough of my cooking my favorite things to cook is any pasta, thats my best meals im my house one woman has to take on the role of cooking for the family at thanksgiving, so one person would do all the cooking, i do it alot it was the first time i made manicotti and no one told me how to make it i had to follow a recipe (that i got off here) and hoped for the best when i got through cooking it, it was a smash hit and everyone loved it one of my cooking tragedies is my first time making sausge and gravy, i must have messed it up 7 times before i got it right