I'm a guy who loves to cook, and am not afraid to try anything. I love challenging recipes, the more challenging the better! What's the worst that can happen? Beef Wellington, Pastries, Cakes and Breads. Good old-fashioned southern home-style cooking. When one of my friends who was a chef at a Club Med and at a casino hotel in Las Vegas came to visit and raved so much about a dish I had prepared, he wanted to add it to his menu! My first cake, at about age 8, I attempted to add 13-1/4 cups of water instead of 1-3/4 cups. My mom caught the mistake before I had mixed the ingredients, and she scooped out just the right amount of water that the cake turned out fine after all! Thanks to that, I wasn't afraid to try again!