My two favorite hobbies in the world are cooking and photography. I started cooking when I was in kindergarden (with the help of my mom of course), and I haven't stopped since. I love to impress people with my dishes and cook everything from quick and easy for weeknight dinners to gourmet dinners. My favorite things to cook are cakes. I have made some awesome creation for my daughters bithday parties, everything from pink castle cakes to undersea worlds. My favorite family cooking traditions is preparing Thanksgiving dinner. That's when I go all out. My cooking triumph was a torte I made for my daughters christening. It was a very fance berry torte and I was told that I would never be able to pull it off (I was told the same thing the first year I tried the pink castle cake). Anyway, the torte turned out spectacular and I was so proud of myself. My worst cooking experience was when my husband came home Christmas Day 2004 late in the evening after being away on a trip for several weeks. I wanted to surprise him with a great goulash, but I don't know what happened. It was totally burned and dry. I had nothing else in the house and since all the stores were closed, he had to eat it. I felt very embarrassed. By now we can laugh about it, but I have never tried to cook him goulash again.