I make my living as a graduate student in cell biology, but I decorate cakes on the side. I am a vegetarian, but I still cook meat for my carnivorous husband :o) We live in Michigan with our lab/shepherd mix Penny, who gladly samples all of my cooking! I love to decorate cakes and even do wedding cakes as a hobby. I also love to make soup, and enjoy finding ways to make my favorite soup recipes vegetarian - I make a great chicken and dumplings stew without the chicken! Once I had to make a wedding cake for a friend the day after returning from a 2-week vacation in Turkey. I made the cake before we left and put it in the freezer, but our flight was cancelled and we couldn't get back. I made several frantic phone calls, and found someone to take the cake out of the freezer for me. I made it home 6 hours before the wedding, but found that as the cake defrosted the frosting and fondant was sliding off and onto the table. Somehow I was able to fix everything and hide the "boo boos" with ribbon and flowers, and the cake was absolutely gorgeous! The bride was thrilled and no one knew that it was almost a complete disaster!