I've been cooking since I was about 8 years old. I grew up in a rural village overseas, where everything we ate was homemade from scratch and mostly grown in our garden (even the wheat berries to grind our own flour!). We were home schooled, and when my mom went back to work, the cooking fell to me (the only girl)! I've loved it ever since. I'm proud to have married a Marine and two-time Iraq vet who loves to eat! He likes to help in the kitchen too, although his cooking skills are reserved to mostly breakfast foods. We have one son, and we're looking forward to adding to our family and cooking together! I like cooking EVERYTHING! I love trying new things. Christmas cookies and angel rolls! Christmas is our FAVOURITE time! Most of my cooking triumphs have been from recipes off this site! I don't have one thing that just sticks out as a huge victory for me, but getting dinner on the table every night is a good step in the right direction... :) I accidentally misread tablespoons of salt instead of teaspoons of salt in a pie crust once... YUCK!