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I was a young bride when we immigrated here. I did not know how to cook and had to depend on DH's cooking. Unfortunately. his repertoire was limited and even many ethnic  ingredients  were not easily available here. This was before internet was a useful tool for recipes.  My mom used to send me letters with tons of recipes in them (before email, before affordable international calls, before Skype!).

Anyways, long story short - I am an excellent cook now. All kinds of cuisine. I can go semi-homemade to full scale "everything from scratch" gourmet food!  I can pretty much replicate any dish that we eat at any restaurant and that my DH or kids request.

We are foodies, love to entertain, I love to cook for large number of people.  People have asked me to cater for them - because I have cooked for huge celebrations for family and friends - but I do not think I can do that kind of back breaking work every day. For me it is a labor of love and for my family and friends only.

I recently cooked for 3 different parties for around 70 people, all within a period of 2 weeks. 3 different cuisines. Everything from appetizers, cocktails, entrees, sides, desserts.  I had to prep for 2 weeks before that, and I worked for at least 4-5 hours every night to do the prep work.  Needless to say, it was a great success - and then I fell  ill  from exhaustion and was bed-ridden for a week.  :-)

Sometimes I feel that I need to go to a culinary school so that I am trained in some fancier techniques and learn how to use the professional equipments that the top chefs use on food network.   If I had the money  to burn I would do that - just for my enjoyment.  I do not think that I have the stamina or desire to actually do the kind of work professional chefs do every single day!  
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