@virgb
I live in California, have been here almost my entire life! I love to cook, bake~just be in the kitchen. My s/o is Asain, so we sometimes have very interestng meals together~but it's fun! There are so many recipes I wouldn't have gotten a chance to taste if he didn't cook! I can't believe all the Japanese dishes I would have just said no about, because of the name! I learned to try things before I said yes or no! My mom's yellow recipe box was my favorite "cookbook", but when we moved three years ago it got lost. I lost so many recipes that I have no way to replace! I think I am ready to start my own now! I think I'm ready! I would still like to find a few of her recipes~who knows, maybe I will! My passions are cooking and walking-can't do much more than walk for exercise, so it has to be my passion, so I get out there and do it!! My biggest pet peeve is people who don't write down their recipes~drives me nuts!! I am just so glad that I had given my sister and sister in law a few recipes they wanted! I don't know how I would have survived without those recipes-most were for Christmas baking and very important to my family! Another pet peeve is people who say "oh, it's an old family tradition, we don't give out the recipe". I always feel so complimented when someone asks for a recipe of mine~I always give it!! I find it really odd not to pass on recipes people have complimented you on-I don't get it!! Do any of you find that with friends also?