Cooking for me started as occupational therapy and over time has become a way of life. I hardly ever make the same thing twice, and love to go to the farmer's market and buy some odd vegetables with no idea of what I'm going to do with them, and figure it out later. I am, however very handy with curries, grain dishes, vegetables and anything that cooks slow. I was raised on two things: meat, and more meat. Vegetables were those things that went with the meat. So when I'm with the family I like to eat... When I started cooking I could barely manage a can-opener; now I cook every day and can manage on what's in my pantry. If that isn't a triumph I don't know what is. My first attempt at cooking was "grilled" cheese; it was actually broiled. I buttered the wrong side and had curly cheese sandwiches, paired with soup from a can - and that was only the beginning. The better you become at something, the more colossal your mistakes.