I got married in September of 2006. My wife and I got our share of fine china as well as decorative glass plates. Since I love to cook, I appreciated any gifts that had anything to do with food. When it was time to register for gifts, I was the one who picked the china, knives and cookware. What I didn’t get as gifts, I bought after I got married.

I first learned how to cook by watching my mom. She would volunteer to cook every time there’s a family gathering. Sometimes we even cooked for a hundred people. She would put the food in decorative glass plates that made it more appetizing. Everybody loves my mom’s cooking. I also learned that no matter how good your food was, it always helped to place them nicely on beautiful serving plates. This made your food look like it could compete with restaurant food.