Cooks?, Who does it? Options

[*steve330*]

So who here cooks? How long have y'all cooked for? How'd y'all learn?

I been cooking since 4th grade (9 years). Dad taught me to make lasagna/pancakes on christmas and since then I've taken to cooking like no other :D

[*Duchess_of_Dork*]

I think in many ways, I've always been the cook of the family. I love food and I love preparing food.

I like the ad-hoc feel of it. For example, one quirk of my son's autism is that he is extremely selective in what he eats. It's up to me to figure out a way to accommodate his tastes and ensure he doesn't have a short-order cook type diet. That challenge (and those similar to that) are, in part, what makes cooking such an interesting art. (At least in my opinion it does).

There's also some creative expression in cooking, I think. I can't draw, I can't paint, but I can sure make something on your plate look pretty (and there's a good chance it'll taste good too).