I recently moved to Austin, TX, then got married shortly thereafter. I use my husband as a guinnea pig for many of the dishes, but he's never seemed to mind. :) Breads, lots of chicken dishes, souvlaki, cakes, pies, pastas, however I always try to find a healthy way to spin them. I bought myself a kitchen-aid for Christmas 2007 and have been a baking machine ever since! I grew up in Utah and had a lot of the traditional hearty American cooking. Meat loaf, fried chicken, casseroles, etc. Some of the best things I've made have been greek cusine, chicken and pasta with interesting sauces. I used to think that I had never had a tragedy until I decided to make corned beef in a crockpot. At the time I had a long commute and was gone for 12 hours but figured that the longer time would just make it that much more tender and delicious! WRONG! It turned the meat into a dry brick, the cabbage disintegrated. We ordered pizza that night!