I love to explore with herbs and spices, I feel like my kitchen is my laboratory, and my family and I get to eat my creations. I'm blessed to have kids that love vegetables, and ethnic foods so the sky is the limit for dinners. I'm italian and French so cooking italian/French foods is second nature. I love cooking asian and mexican dishes, as well as cajun/creole. I do however love to find new recipes, regarless of ethinticity. I loved when my grandma would cook for us on weekends, birthdays, any holiday. It was a time for the family to get together and enjoy a great meal while laughing and enjoying one anothers' company. When I make a meal and see people smiling and ejoying it, to me that's a triumph. I did the all known no no by leaving the house while things were on the stove, thinking it would be fine. We came home to a house full of smoke and two scared kitties. Needless to say the house was in one piece, no fire and I'll never ever do that again..SHAME ON ME!!