I'm a 20-year-old college student.
My favorite things to cook
Breads, cakes, cookies, and candy - baking, absolutely. I've worked at a seafood cookbook publishers' before too, which basically involved reading and thinking about fish all day. I used to dream about fish...
My favorite family cooking traditions
Pickachicken! My mom served it all the time. We usually had a lot of kids eating over, and so she'd put a whole chicken on the table and we'd pull it apart with our fingers - very communal and fun :)
My cooking triumphs
Anytime the food disappears fast, or anytime something I cook makes people happy.
My cooking tragedies
I set fires in the kitchen - pie fillings, pot holders, pots of boiling honey (!) There's usually a rush to open all the windows and doors and get the smoke out before the alarm goes off.