I have been cooking since I was knee high, on a stool that I pulled over to the sink, every pot and pan pulled from the closet, also, in 5th grade my school had home ec. so we had cooking classes there which only added to my interest in cooking. I am a confort food cook, I love to bake the most. I am fortunate to have a husband that loves to eat what I make. He's a good sport and tries everything and together we rate my recipes for later use or not at all. I am over 60 now, still love cooking. Holiday time I have always made spritz. My children, married with kids of there own always look foward to seeing them on the table. I now cook with our five grandchildren who pull a stool up to the counter just as I did as a little girl. There all a triumph as far as I am concerned. Many have gone down the disposal, but I will not be defeated and will try again moments later to get the result I want. "Who hasn't had a failure?" Expecially when its something you have never made, you make it once and then you know from there, make notes, and try again.