Like most of us on AR, I am a cookaholic, a collector of stray recipes and a seeker for that *perfect*, that most reminisced about apple pie or meatloaf... or baked ziti... or banana bread.. or... A multitude of comfort foods are in my go-to recipe rolodex, but it's generally soup I tend to make most often. While quickie thirty minute soups often are filling, I like to make chicken stock from scratch using bits and parts of spent chicken carcasses with a few backs thrown in for good measure. It's usually a weekend affair, but the results are so worth it. My grandmother was from England, so every holiday we would have suet forcemeat. It was this ghastly green dressing-stuffing-thing baked in the largest casserole dish my mother had... Can't really say it was a 'cooking tradition' per say, but it traditionally showed up at every holiday whether we liked it or not... The first time I successfully baked a loaf of bread. Monumental moment, albeit a short-lasting one as the bread was delicious. Risotto is the bane of my culinary existence. To stir or not to stir....