Who taught you how to cook?
Even after he left the Marines, my grandfather still enjoyed baking. His favorite recipe (and mine) was for cream puffs. He'd take over the entire kitchen and make up a huge batch. There would be cream puffs everywhere.
When I was in Junior High, I had a year of Home-Ec classes. I did adequately on the sewing part, but I had the highest grade in the class in cooking, straight A's.