I love to bake and normally despise "cooking." However, I am learning to love cooking more because I bought a food processor (because before I HATED slicing and dicing and uggh!) Anything with sugar. I even add sugar to stir fry is my trick to make myself enjoy my food more....I don't know what other people think though, lol. I'm in my 20s and am generally career driven so I am very practical with my cooking and willing to try anything as long as it is simple. Eh, not really traditions....but since I live in America (and I'm vietnamese)...it's nice to have family show you how to make Asian foods. When I actually make something on my own without looking at a recipe! Although I may make a mess or something tastes slightly weird, I've never had a tragedy because I follow instructions very well :) My trick (well, it should be standard anyway) is to continually clean up as I cook/bake...this seems to prevent many tragedies (like spills or ingredient confusion).