I made the seemingly crazy choice to take three language classes at once (it feeds into my career field, and has been a life goal of mine for some time now), I am expanding my home/educational business, and I have several projects and gigs that overlap including a friend's wedding in late October and application deadlines for Grad schools (of which I am still researching and narrowing down) due by December 1st. If I disappear now and then between posts, you can imagine why!
Recently, at my school bookstore, I happened upon a discount book table... a deadly thing for a collector such as myself, and I purchased some promising books on cooking for a fraction of their selling price. This long weekend (having a few days off for a change) I cracked open one of them and was pleasantly surprised by the author...
If you could see my book collection, you would notice a number of books dedicated to diets and cooking. Everything from styles of cooking, baking and grilling, to particular flare such as Italian and Thai. But, alas, I am no cook.
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Every so often, with confident stride, I will try a new recipe... but beyond that my skills have been limited to such culinary delights as: cheese melted over tortilla chips & served with salsa, boxed Macaroni & cheese, and cereals. I do make a pretty mean salad, but even that isn't really imaginative most of the time.
However... upon reading this new book, I felt encouraged to cook in a way that I never have before. I haven't tried any of the recipes listed, or the skills described, I AM only a third of the way through... but reading this book has made me rethink my approach to food on a whole new scale. I finally feel like I have a place to start, and that makes me feel really excited.
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I'm already excited about shopping for cookwear and digging in! Here's to a season of New skills & New Tastes to try! Wish me luck! I'll try to post photos and recipes as I go. ^_^
...Heck, maybe Sir will even Give-Me-A-Hand in the kitchen! ;)
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HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND EVERYONE!
