I live in Boise, Idaho (home of the famous Idaho potatoes and Boise State University whose football team plays on the blue smurf turf). My husband and I are retired and travel quite a lot.   We have a place in Boise, Idaho and now a part-time home in Carlsbad, California.  It's nice to be in California where they have so much more fresh food...vegetables and fish!  They have so many farmer markets that I really have to watch myself, but cooking is so much fun and they have such a variety of things to use. I have two daughters and one has three kids...my angels (the twins who are now 4) and my man who is 2 and just as big as the twins.   I do miss them when we are gone...they grow so fast. I love to collect and read cookbooks -- way to much from my husbands point of view. I love to watch Rachael Ray, Paula Deen, Barefoot Contessa and Everyday Italian. I have used this site for several months and have loved the recipes and info that comes with them...had to join! The only peeve that I really have is going on this site and reading reviews on recipes where the person has totally changed the recipe and didn't like the results so therefore giving low ratings.  img