I'm a half Japanese, half Irish American and proud of it! I've live most of my life overseas but proudly claim my citizenship to the land of the free! I'm a health freak and I'm very active, in fact I am training for my first triathlon! I LOVE baking! :) I'm learning to like new things and more veggies. I'm an athlete so I'm constantly looking for good heathly recipes to fuel my body properly. Unfortunately I have a HUGE addiction to sweets:) My mom is Japanes and cooks food from all over the world. She's the type of woman who can taste something at a resturant and say "Yea, I can make that" and Make it better than the resturant did! I'm not up to that level but I am sure hoping to get there someday. I'm good at baking desserts. Oatmeal cookies, muffins, brownies YUM! I'm not so good at the main dishes, they lack that professional and homely quality, I think my timing is all off, but the more I do it the better I get!