Allo! This is my second attempt blogging. My first blog, Ghetto Truffle, was a rambling site of my musings, observations, and rants that I have not updated in 2 years or so. In a nutshell, it was a mess. This time around, I decided to focus on one thing instead of many. The "thing" of focus is baking, well, cooking in general. I spend a lot of time in my kitchen. It is my sanctuary, stress reliever, and center of creativity.
I enjoy making things from scratch and I am a cookbook whore. The most frequented sites on my PC are Martha Stewart, Epicurious, AllRecipes, Food Network, and Cookstr. My favorite chefs/cooks include Julia Child, Nigella Lawson, Jamie Oliver, Tyler Florence, and Paula Deen. I even maintain my own garden. However I'm not one of those folks that turn their noses at prepackaged food. Case in point, I took a cheese-making class earlier this year and the discussion turned to pizza. The instructor criticized those that didn't make all the ingredients for a pizza themselves. From start to finish, it takes her 3 hours to make a pizza. That's just nuts. I'm a working mom. I don't have 3 hours to make the sauce, mozzarella, dough, slaughter the pig for bacon, and etc... (mmm...bacon...) It takes less than 5 minutes to consume a slice of pizza. Three hours. Screw that. It's just easier to throw in a frozen pizza in the oven.
There is no fear in the kitchen. Any recipe will be tried. The hubby every once in a while will throw me for a loop and ask for something I have never attempted. Heck, why not? He's asked for bagels, tortillas, and etc... Variety is the spice of life and all types of cuisines are cooked from American to Mexican to Thai. I have had my mishaps in the kitchen, but those are few and far between.
All this time spent in the kitchen is also quality time spent with my daughter. She is my little sous chef. My little tot loves to stir, crack eggs, roll dough, and cut shapes with cookie cutters. The look in her eyes when the cookies are removed from the oven or when she hovers over the ice cream maker are simply priceless.
Hopefully, you will enjoy these kitchen musings of my culinary adventures.
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