Cooks for 6 inclues me, my husband, and my 4 kids all under 8 years old. I'm a stay at home mom, and making wholesome, delicious meals from scratch is really enjoyable to me. I love cooking for friends/groups/parties. Watching people eat my creations and smiling is the best feeling. Oh I love to cook just about anything. If I can make it from scratch it's all the better. I feel better knowing what is actually in the food I feed my family. And I love trying new dishes, some that I've never even heard of before! Well I don't really have any traditions other than sitting at the table as a family. I love having my babies in the kitchen with me helping out- they LOVE stirring and mixing and putting the ingredients together. And licking the beaters is always so much fun! I'm finally learning to tweak recipes and it turn out good. I started making a two week menu so I could cut cost and time at the grocery store, and that has worked out so well for me! My Chinese orange chicken was delicious! Cranberry Chutney was awesome-even without fresh cranberries. My scratch ravaolis were fabulous! Oh man, I made some baked breaded vegetables the other night that were so bland and rubbery they were nearly inedible. Maybe because I used frozen vegetables instead of fresh, I don't know... but it just wasn't good.