I'm a Navy Reservist in the Greatest Navy in the world! I've been cooking since I got my first apartment back in 2002 and had my own kitchen plus husband to cook for. Sadly, that didn't last but I do have my new guy to cook for now. I don't tend to cook for myself for some reason. I make due with Chef Boyardee when he's away. I love cooking ethnic food. Mostly Filipino food since I am half and then Mexican...which is my other half. But I love Thai, I love Chinese, I love Japanese, I love Italian, I love anything that isn't toooooo spicy or anything that would qualify as a dish on Fear Factor. Every Filipino dish tends to start off the same, lots of browned garlic in oil and then onions. So I tend to always have the latter in everything I make. Boyfriend doesn't much care for rice so I make rice for me and potatoes for him. I've gotten the pasta realm down pat. I never get anything but compliments when I cook Italian. Another go fig- I am anything but Italian and that's what I cook best! I have numerous tragedies. All due to my thinking I'm on an "Emeril" level. I experiment too much. My taste buds tend to accept a wide range of flavors so I can't really tell what most people in general would like. I don't know how many dishes I've made that taste fine to me but fail when it goes into my boyfriend's mouth.