I am a very happily married stay at home mother of a baby daughter. I love to cook and am always in the kitchen trying new recipes and whipping up meals and desserts for my family. My husband and I pride ourselves on the fact that we eat at home every night. It's a rare occurence that we eat out and we wouldn't have it any other way. I like having control of what goes in my food and knowing where it came from. I would love to attend culinary school but for now I am content to hone my craft here at home. I especially love hosting parties and any opportunity I have to cook for others. Pastas, Meats, and Desserts. I always love getting together in the kitchen with my mother and sister during the holidays. It's crazy, loud, hot, and we're all trying to do three (or more) things at once, but it's so much fun. I am also looking forward to my daughter and I creating our own cooking tradtitions. Hopefully she'll like to cook! :) My first ever was probably sweet potato pie when I was a teenager. I took my Aunt's recipe and added a little of this and a little of that and it turned out really well. It's still requested at family gatherings. I made a jambalaya when I was pregnant and I don't know if it was hormones or what but I made it so incredibly spicy that my husband couldn't eat it. No amount of sour cream or cheese could help so we threw it out. He still likes to remind me of this blunder from time to time by saying "Everything you make is great, besides spicy jambalaya."