I live in Texas in the beautiful Hill Country. I enjoy a lot of different things but my new hobby is cooking and learning about different sorts of food and ingredients. I have learned a lot from this site and from the great comments. That is my favorite part and why I decided to become more of a participant here. I am always looking for low carb recipes or at least for ones that can be made low carb. I like spicy food, seafood, beef, and vegetables. I love comfort food like mashed potatoes and gravy. I also enjoy trying more challenging dishes like the one I'm researching now: mole sauce. I'll let you know how it turns out! In East Texas we used to catch our own fresh crab and have a feast! Being from the South/Southwest I enjoyed growing up on chicken fried steak and black eyed peas and other great Southern comfort food. I can make an awesome Hollandaise Sauce as well as perfectly poach an egg. All my cookies taste like flour.