I'm a newlywed who loves to cook and try new recipes. My husband is a great guinea pig and loves to try whatever I make. I'm the supervisor of the English dept in a high school. In my free time I love to read, shop, and COOK! I like trying new chicken recipes, and I looooove to bake Anything Italian! I learned how to make marinara the usual Italian way--from my grandma, with no measurements. A little bit of this and a little bit of that! Making dinner for my parents and in-laws for the first time...having my entire family over for Christmas and doing all the cooking...not making the same thing for one whole year. I made the most disgusting pork chops in the slow cooker once. They were moist in a bad way and smelled crappy too. YUCK!