Retired music (orchestra) teacher. Main dish items, especially Mexican and American cooking. Also, pies and cakes and cobblers. Growing up, we had the best of midwest cooking: the fried chicken dinners and a variety of desserts. My grandparents and mother were master cooks and kept the family and all the parishioners of my grandfather's church very happy! Grilling outdoors and having a wide variety of foods from which to choose. My homemade salsa, gleaned from another teacher, is always a major triumph. It draws a crowd until it's gone! My first cherry pie, made 35 years ago, had cherries from a neighbors tree. She had picked and frozen them, so I presumed the pits were out. Need I say more? Very delicious and crunchy!