I have been seriously cooking- actually making things from scratch- for about 8 months now. Of course, school has interfered with my cooking but I make meals as often possible. My dream is to go to the CIA, and become a nationaly known chef... not like it's likely to happen, but... I'll keep wishing! I am a total health nut; almost everything that I make is either healthy or I alter to make as healthy as possible. So, that being said, I like cooking almost anything healthy. I'd have to say, though, that I am currently addicted to chopping green beans and carrots. So much fun! I think there are so many things I enjoy about cooking that it would be insanely hard to pick a single genre as a favorite. Really the only "tradtion" that I have is my mom and I are vegetarians. We have been so for about four years, and I think it is a lot of fun seeing how so many dishes can be turned into or created as vegetarian dishes. Becoming vegetarian has opened up so many horizons!