Well I'm not exactly new to the cooking scene, but the majority of my experiences are in baking. I like to stay active and try new things. I love to cook for my family and find new staples for our household. My husband is a pretty picky eater (though he says he'll eat anything) I know when he eats the whole plate he likes it...lol. My son is a good eater and only recently has started to shy away from his veggies so he's a pretty good judge on a meal too. :) I love to bake and recently moved to an area around 6000 feet above sea level so I get to learn all over again since high altitude changes everything. I really am a fan of baking. Growing up my family didn't really have any cooking traditions, but my DH and I are slowly creating our own. Hmmm...Making my first turkey a couple of years ago (around Easter time). It turned out moist and flavorful (with some great tips from my mother-in-law). My mother's turkey usually turns out a little dry. Oh and making cinnamon rolls during x-mas. I made about 4 batches for various friends and I think the biggest accomplishment was not giving up after the second batch. (kneading the dough was torture being 8 1/2 months pregnant...lol!) *UPDATE* So I've actually started baking our breads and making tortillas by hand, it is soooo easy to do and much cheaper than buying stuff full of preservatives. Very yummy! The only downfall is the time consumption but most of that is dead time (not active time) so its worth it. I bake several loaves and either freeze the dough already shaped or bake them all and slice the extra loaves and freeze the slices in plastic wrap and a freezer bag or tupperware in the freezer. Well the most memorable tragedy was about 6 years ago, I made my first cake and icing from scratch. The icing got burnt and I didn't wait long enough before trying to remove the cake so it fell into pieces. Otherwise my most recent tragedy would be the tortillas I made last week, they tasted a lot like breakfast pancakes. (YAY for no more pancake tortillas...lol)