You know your way around the kitchen, and you’ve experimented with a recipe or two to amp up the flavor of your favorite brownies. Why not organize (or participate in) a local bake sale or head off to a county fair with your special culinary creation? Get some validation for your incredible baking skills! There are plenty of on- line challenges too. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to say your pie/cake/trifle/ cheese-cake was judged the best in the entire competition? Sure, it would—that blue ribbon would give you bragging rights for years to come. Even if you don’t win, the simple act of baking is sure to put a smile on your face and some deliciousness in your belly.