deeelish

i have found my love and adoration for food is too deep-seeded to let go. Food is something that can bring people together like nothing else can. it is our sustenance, we all must survive, and therefore we all must eat. flavors can excite us or repulse us. cultures are drawn together by their collective knowledge of local ingredients and popular cuisines. I have an absolute love and appreciation for varieties of flavors and staples. I adore how a dish or food item can generate waves of nostalgia, the flavor transporting me into great memories of my past. I am thrilled by the exploration of new dishes and food items I have never tried. I love experimenting with food, seeing what kinds of combinations compliment each other to create something beyond the simple separate flavors that each ingredient possesses. I am intrigued by the effects food has on your body, how fresh ingredients and natural foods gives your whole body and well-being a boost, and how so many people disregard this fact, staying inside of their boxes and devouring unhealthy food items without any realization of the effects on their happiness.
I am going to start creating a cook book (yes, it's a long time coming, but it is a little too difficult when you are busy with school, and at the same time, living in shitty dorms with shitty caf food and no place to stock up on necessary ingredients.) so here i go, starting out by cataloging all of the recipes i have tried, *annotating the successes and the failures* and accumulating recipes that i have a strong desire to attempt. I'm so ready. Iron Chef America Chelsea Schroeder.