I love food and don't understand people who don't. I've always been a baker, but have done more cooking lately and love it. I'm a vegetarian but also cook vegan. I love the idea of having alternative ways to make things, especially with baking. I love Italian, Mexican and Thai food. My mom's cooking all the time. My dad's biscotti at Christmas. Making a Thanksgiving dinner when I was 23 for a family I lived with in Austria. They loved it! They also thought Chocolate Chip Cookies and peanut butter were the best things ever. I made red curry chicken (when I still ate meat) for my family and added about 6 times too much curry paste. It was so incredibly hot that everyone was sweating, crying and had hiccups.