In my 70's. Learned to cook and bake in the 40's by way of my mother and the 4H club. Have cooked for family, friends and myself all of my adult life. Am a "foodie" through and through. I have a URL bakingbevfoodies@multiply.com for family and friends to gather and pick my brain and resources. Also do a little special "I don't know where else to put this" on my memoir/autobiography/journal blog louisiana-lady1937.spaces.live.com Food that requires research, testing, a learning process, and then documenting the outcome for the novice in the subject. This is usually my granddaughter and great grandchildren. Preparing sweet items, individually presented, easily portable to share with friends who would not or could not make this them selves. Boundless merging of meal items and meal times. Cooking/Baking something that really makes people I care about happy. Finally getting the small rustic loaves of yeast bread just right. Dinner guest unstopping one side of a twin sink with a plunger and having garbage strewn all over my carefully prepped and laid out ingredients for Steak Diane! Putting too much baking soda in a beautiful batch of caramel