I've always loved to cook and now that I'm a SAHM it means I can cook whenever I want. My family alternates from being very picky to being okay with "whatever" so sometimes it's harder than others. I love to cook just about anything - just really depends upon my mood which thing will strike my fancy! I love to have my kids help me bake - they do an awesome job at helping. I think my greatest triumph cooking was making the Death by Chocolate cake in Marcel Desaulniers cookbook. Yum! I've had several meals gone bad, but my most memorable was when I was about 12 - I was making mashed potatoes and dumped in cinnamon instead of pepper (just grabbed the wrong container). I scooped most of it out but it still had an awful sweet taste to it. (No, I won't do that again).