In the house I grew up in I did almost all of our baking. My mom wasn't one for baking cakes or cookies if she wanted them she would bring home the stuff for me to cook it. I also always loved cooking on the grill! I didn't do much of any other cooking. I first was inspired by Emril. I loved him and his cooking style. He was fun to watch and his food always looked amazing. I then got hooked on the Food Network, for a long time I wanted to be a chef. Then it happened I seen my very first Food Network Challenge. I was completely astonished they could do such elaborate things with something as simple as cake. I then fell in love with cake decorating. I have through the last few years been working on teaching myself a few things about cake decorating. I have decided though that I will not pursue the baking and patisserie field of cooking. I may take some classes to learn a little something for the cakes I make for family and friends, but that's it. I have tremors and won't be able to do cakes for long because I shake. I have thus decided that I just want to pursue being a Chef. I love to cook and feel most at peace in my kitchen. I love to cook even if I don't want to eat. I love the aroma in my home after cooking even for hours after I cooked. I know the people in my apartment building must be jealous. They smell my food out in the hallway just about everyday. I cook from scratch almost every night. I especially love to cook soup when it is cold out. It's kind of a specialty of mine. I love to look through the cupboards and just start pulling things out to make a meal. Sometimes when I start cooking something it turns out to be something different in the end because I changed my mind on what I wanted to do with it. I love to use a lot of fresh fruit and veggies whenever possible. My soups are made with fresh veggies, never frozen or canned (unless it's my chicken corn chowder I use cream corn for that). I have a few ideas for my restaurant whenever I get the chance to run my own restaurant. I wish I could tell you all about them, but unfortunately I don't trust people and don't want someone to take my ideas. I will eventually tell you all about them :) For now that is all. I'm hoping to get on in the next couple days and start adding to the recipes. I will be putting up one of the new soups I made! Come back in a couple days and check for the new recipes and for now have a great day and enjoy!
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November 2013
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