tuesday take 5 -- week #3

here are your five questions for this week's tuesday's take 5! thanks for everyone who has been playing along!

1. what surprises you most about your cooking?
2. what is the one thing that you have mastered cooking (that you could not cook when you started)?
3. who was your biggest inspiration to start cooking?
4. what is your favorite thing to make?
5. what is one recipe that you are known for?