I'm a 28-year-old teacher living in Bennington, VT. While I've always loved to cook, didn't always make the time. Recently my boyfriend and I moved in together and we really have come to love spending time sitting down and eating dinner together... and it's much more enjoyable if we've made it ourselves! I have always loved spicy ethnic foods so I especially enjoy making indian food as well as Mexican. I also enjoy making my own bread and anything Mediterranean. We sat down to dinner as a family EVERY night, which I loved. During Lent, because of my allergy to fish, we had pizza and Coke on Friday nights (this was UNHEARD of any other time of year). My boyfriend and I have established a custom of alternating who cooks on Sunday. One of us plans a meal and cooks it and the other either serves as back up or does stuff around the house. I made an exellent white bean and chicken chili a while ago. It just didn't look right the entire time it was cooking so I was really nervous, but it was phenomenal. I also made an excellent mulligatawny. It's my favorite thing at a local restaurant so my standards were set high. I definitely think mine was better! I learned the hard way that making bread where I live depends on the weather. It works beautifully in the winter but in the summer, the humidity makes it so the dough is just a wet mess and no matter what, I can't get it to cook through!