We come from a cooking family. My mom always baked, and still does to this day at age 74. She makes the best yeast rolls and homemade donuts ever! Her mom, my Memere, owned her own restaurant and the girls worked there. I enjoyed cooking at a fairly young age, and am a "from scratch" baker also. I love that my boys' wives call me for recipes alot of the time. Even had my 10 year old granddaughter call me for a recipe a couple of weeks ago, because she and her cousin wanted to bake something. Gotta love home cooking!!