I am a Mother, teacher, student, and wife. I began cooking shortly before I was married. I have lived in China, Belize, and Laos, and traveled in Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Jamaica. I learned to make tortillas from Mayan Indians, and was able to take a 2 day cooking class in Thailand. I keep an online journal at http://lilpeanut80.diaryland.com Stir fries, pasta, and sushi. My parents made good use of their "Fry Daddy" deep fryer. Everything tastes good fried! A tofurkey that tasted like a real turkey! Burning a big batch of york peppermint patty brownies in an oven with no thermastat. The landlady (also my next door neighbor) was the one who saw the billowing smoke. She knocked on the window to tell me. She had several friends in the driveway laughing.