@Duck Koo Kim
I worked in the restaurant business years ago, before I got my first "real" job, which I've had for the last twenty-seven years. My two major culinary accomplishments are catering a friend's wedding for 75 people, and winning second place in the Florida State Chiliblast for my fruit salsa in 1999. My favorite cookbook would have to be the first one I ever made a recipe from, Craig Claiborne's New York Times International Cookbook, although I have close to a hundred by now. The first dish I ever made from it was Steak and Kidney Pie (with a frozen ready-made crust).