I am a professional caterer. I have worked in the food industry for 20+ years, and it is my passion at work, and at home. My favorite things to cook are appetizers. Being from West Virginia, my family celebrated with food frequently. My mother's side of the family are all great home cooks, and I got my love of food from them. I entertain frequently, and I always love it when people complimant my cooking. I don't have a lot of tragedies, because I always test evey recipe before trying it out on people. One time though, when I was a teenager, I got a cookbook from the library. It had an Indian dish in that I tried. At that time, I knew nothing about INdian food. When I served it, it was terrible, and my father questioned the main ingredient, beef. I didn't know at the time that beef was not an ingredient found in most Indian food.