I'm Justin. I'm 19, and I love cooking. Cooking gives me a talent to call my own. It gives me a getaway, it gives me an outlet. It makes me feel happy to cook for other people. It gives me a constructive way to handle other situations. When i'm sad i'm in a desert. When im cooking it's like I found water.. I hope to begin my professional culinary journey spring '11 at The Art Institutes of Dallas All things southern. I'm becoming more and more interested in the vegetarian dishes I cook. I think it's great to have a versatile pallet when it comes to food, and I think it's good to not eat so much meat. I learned from myself, so I don't really know of any traditions. Cooking a massive 20'' cake for a party, i'm not a baker at all, and i'm definitely not a cake decorator. It all paid off at the end though, and they were more than happy with the outcome. I tend to forget things are in the oven... "whats that burning smell?" "oopsie"