Not too much to say here. I am enjoying learning about all the local foods, and how to prepare them. I love soups/stews and anything spicy! OOH, we went to Hungary this past month (9/2005) and I LOVED the food! I can't wait to prepare some gulyas (goulash)and other tasty treats we had. YUMMY!!!!! I'm sure they will become fast favorites to prepare. Enchiladas on Christmas Eve with a big pot of posole! Making the 'big' salad in the tupperware bowl that will keep the salad fresh forever I made an omelette that was perfectly shaped! My presentation skills are the big thing I'm working on now. Most recently the farfalle pasta leftovers that the next day I tried to transform into a seafood pasta. Blech. Before that, the beer cheese soup. BIG blech. I do want to find a good recipe for that though, we had some that was good in Germany, but I didn't get the recipe for it. Of course, there was the brine issue one of the years we were going to smoke the turkey. I put the turkey and the brine in a metal stock pot. UGH!!!! We had Thanksgiving on Friday that year, and only the side dishes on Thursday (which we were thankful to have) It is also tragic that I am still unable to have my daughter share in my love of cooking.