Cooking is hobby #1 to me. I love, love, love to cook! Garden season is coming...what'cha planting??? I've got a peeve. It's those who "paid" for a cooking education....and claim to know it all. It's a basic skill that anyone can master with practice....we eat everyday so opportunity awaits! You don't need a degree or commercial kitchen to put out healthy, great tasting, better than a restaurant, home cooked meals! I like to cook EVERYTHING!! I especially enjoy seafood or meats with rich sauces. I like most cultural food, especially italian and mexican . I most love traditional American cuisine, home baked goods and grilling. Sunday night dinners are often kids pick. My kids take turns looking on the computer or through cook books/magazines and pick out the entire meal. They check for ingredients and go completely hands on since they are the chef in charge. I help only as needed for their ages. I treasure this time with them, and I know they need this skill. They are more willing to try new foods they made. Update: Kids' can run the kitchen now! I have no fear of trying to prepare anything. Bring it on baby! Thank you Grandma Dorothy for your cooking instincts. My family says I look and act like you did, I cook just like you did and my apple pie is identical-neither of us ever used a recipe for it. I wish we could have cooked together! When I began cooking I did not know baking soda and powder were 2 different ingredients. I don't recall which I used for the other, but I remember the taste! Blech. Around age 9 or 10 I wanted chocolate milk. I taught myself the lesson that cocoa powder is not sweetened. LOL! I laughed even harder when my niece babysat my kids a few years ago and made the same mistake. It was sooo funny to hear my kids describe exactly what I had tasted at a young age also! Shortly after getting married, I had an oven fire. I was broiling lobster. I basted them with butter, put them back under the broiler, and when I turned back around they were flaming. Lesson learned.