My parents, sister & brother politely ate my first master creation at 15...spinach lasagne. Eeeew, it needed help! Things have improved greatly since then and cooking has been a lifelong passion. The kitchen is my favorite place to hang out. Baked goods, soups, chilis, stews, crockpot dishes. Making cookies with my kids, preparing recipes from my mom and grandma. I have rarely let the lack of proper tools get in the way of preparing something I really want to make. Being creative I have done things like use an empty wine bottle as a rolling pin before I owned one! When I am excited to cook something I get innovative with missing tools and ingredients. Meat. I have a fairly limited repetoire but thankfully my husband loves to grill year round (even when he has to brush a foot of snow off the grill after he has shoveled a path to get to it!)