I'm 21 years old, and I love to cook! I've always just thought cooking was natural. My mother was a chef, and my dad has always had a knack for cooking great food. They both had very different cooking styles, but they never served anything shy of great. Everything they cooked received rave reviews. It's my goal to be THAT kind of cook. I like to think I learned a lot from both of them, and now I spend many hours cooking my own recipes, making variations of their recipes, and experimenting with recipes on this fantastic website. Italian foods and comfort foods. Finding and perfecting mom's Caesar salad recipe! Everyone had been asking me for it for years, and she finally shared it with me. It was so satisfying creating something the family had missed so much. When I was 12, I set the kitchen on fire attempting to make a fried egg sandwich. To this day, I still double check my burners when I finish cooking.