My greatest cooking influence was my mom and my grandma. I love the feeling of sitting down as a family to a meal that everyone enjoys. And I love to bake Apple Pie, Roasted chicken with roasted garlic potatos and carrots I cook Thanksgiving every year My first thanksgiving dinner I was making gravy on top of the stove for Ham(had Guest over) with a glass pan and the pan burst into pieces and went into the Ham and veggies. We had to order out.