I am married with a teenage daughter. I work part time in a crafts store. I love doing anything creative, and cooking is definitely an awesome way to release creative energy. My favorite things to cook are also my favorite things to eat. I love baking. It's the way I relax and destress. My favs are anything sweet, chicken fried steak, and fried rice with stirfry. My grandmother was a baker. Her house always smelled like cakes and pies. Her apple cake and coffee cake were almost always sitting around. Ahhhh, good memories!!! I think I have alot of cooking triumphs. Every time I cook for others and it makes them happy, that is a triumph for me. My worst cooking disaster was when I made a strawberry soda cake and I didn't release enough of the carbonation before I cooked it. It EXPLODED!!! It was the first time I had baked anything from scratch, and it scared me--bad. I wouldn't bake anything from scratch for a long time.