I'm the mother of two beautiful girls. We have a horse and a swimming pool. I like to cook my mother's traditional Northern Italian meals and my father's Hungarian recipes, too. Growing up my mother always served a brothy soup before dinner. I didn't appreciate the benefit of this until I moved away to college and gained several pounds! I've mastered some of my mom's recipes such as her red sauce and soup. I'm also great at making my dad's Paprika Chicken. When I was a newly wed I made a big pot of split pea soup, just like my mom used to make. It smelled amazing, but when my husband had a taste he said "is it supposed to taste like this?" as he kept eating. But when I tasted it, it just tasted like water :( I ended up dumping the whole thing out!