I get bored real easy, so I need variety. I have experimented with various types of cuisines due to my desire for variety. I love to cook and bake, so our dinners are pretty much sit down at the table every night to a balanced homecooked meal. I really don't have a favorite to cook. I enjoy the baking aspect as well as the general cooking. I do enjoy cake decorating, but hate the mess it leaves so I have put the brakes on baking cakes and decorating them for all of my friends. During the holidays is wonderful. I am known all around for my pecan pies, so I must bake one on every holiday. I also love doing sugar cookie cut-outs, making the frosting and letting the children decorate. I am great at cake decorating with just a couple of Wilton Cake Deco classes. It has been great in creating all my children's birthday cakes. I have also made a little money on the side doing cakes for friends. My greatest triumph as a gift, was the french vanilla wedding cake with raspberry jam between the layers for a friend's renewal of wedding vows. It was 3 tiers and I used my homemade buttercream frosting. So many people raved over the cake and wondered who her caterer was. Chicken and Dumplings! When my husband (from the south) and I (from the north) were first married, I wanted to make him his favorite dish. Chicken and Dumplings from the south are rolled out pastry strips; in the north they are lumps of dough: both placed in boiling broth, but with two different outcomes. I being an unexperienced cook, placed the dough by tablespoonfuls in chicken broth but it was not boiling. What a sticky, goopy mess! My husband humbly ate them and consoled me that it filled the empty spot. I knew they tasted just plain nasty!