My mother started making me cook dinner for the entire family one day a week when I was 12. I am now 50 and still love trying new recipes. My youngest daughter, 14, wants to be either a chef or nutritionist and is a wonderful cook herself. I am a self-employed family law attorney married to a self-employed florist. At one time we had 3 children at home, now we're down to my future chef. Of course, my older daughter and son can't cook anything that's not microwaved! Any new recipe. Baking breads and cakes; using the crock pot so that we can eat home cooked meals nearly every night even though both my husband and I have our own businesses and work 50-60 hours a week. I presently have 4 crockpots and it's not unuusal to have 2 or 3 going at once! I am the Crock Pot Queen! Making things such as whipped cream and icing from scratch. Also, grilling out over charcoal year round. Thanksgiving dinner--tbis year will be the 26th time I've cooked everything because all of the family is eldery or out-of-town. We never have a turkey under 25 pounds. In the 28 years we've been together, my husband says I have only made one bad meal--and that was when we first dating. It involved pork chops in a crock pot. Last winter I tried to cook baked potato soup for 50 people and my old range was not up to it. I couldn't keep that much soup from separating. I was embarrassed to serve it.