Cooking and other culinary stuff

[Xantar]

I know at least one person here likes to cook. So let's show off our skills, talk about food appreciation, and share some tips.

For me, I really love to cook when I get the chance. Since I live alone, there isn't really that much opportunity and I'm usually just left making a pasta sauce which I eat over several days. In my day, though, I was known to do tuna steak and avocado salad with lemon pasta or steak with fresh tomato lime salsa. One of the advantages to living in a house with a bunch of recent college graduates is you have a captive audience who will eat pretty much anything you throw at them.

Lately, I've been making cakes. Here are two pictures of my attempt at a mango mousse cake.

So what do you like to make, and how did you get started cooking?