It took a series of (unfortunate?) events to finally push me to cook on a fairly regular basis. Mainly, it was the downtime from the summer break where I've decided that I won't really be coming back next semester (or ever) to teach. Call it a quarter-life crisis or not, I just wanted to do something really different... There was also the issue of being practical. Being unemployed has forced me to let go of certain luxuries that I've become accustomed to--like having expensive coffee every morning or fancy restaurant dinners.
The curious thing about domestication is that you think the routine, the quotidian will drive you insane but it wont...it will/can drive you crazy but not in the suicidal sense. I really don't know how else to put it but keeping house is a lot of work (!) and all those repetitive little things you do to keep it running just... distracts you. What I mean is you don't have time to be bored, existential, or feel sorry about yourself. It really is curious, one moment you're preparing breakfast and the next thing you know it's already dinner!
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| My pride and joy. |
So, I've decided to leave some sort of record of this period in my life. That time when my dad and younger sister bought me a 5 Quart Empire Red KitchenAid Heavy Duty stand mixer. Where I felt like I'm in Nora Ephron's "Julie and Julia" (might I add that Julie Powell was also 30 at this period in her life?) only I have Food Channel's Anna Olson as my mentor and inspiration (who also cites Julia Child as one of her main influences to cook, how about that?).
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| I welcome myself to the wonderful world of baking. |
Ohhh, how I want to be a patissier...
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