I am a Geologist IRL and spend a lot of time outside. I love to cook and to eat. I am a SCA member and have a pretty big backyard veggi garden. I read a lot of books and have a cat. My husband and I love cooking together. He is the Grill Master, but he bows to my superior mac & cheese. LOL I like making all kinds of things. I am lucky to have many family members both male and female who cook like champions. I watched Mom when I was a baby and was helping by age 6. Oddly enough, even being a wild child elswhere, Mom says that I was calm and collected in the kitchen. Even as a little kid, I never got in her way. We still team cook and it is a well oiled machine when we are together in the kitchen. I finally perfected my Mothers Jambalya which has no measurments. Her directions were the classic "some of this and some of that. Once apon a time, I attempted to make fish in a cast-iron skillet with a lemon glaze. I got iron fish and a deseasoned pan as a result. Had to throw it all away and reseason my pan. I was depressed for days after that. *sigh*