I've grown up in an environment centered around the kitchen. My family bonded and grew closer by sharing and making meals together. My Dad has always loved cooking and baking, he's always loved to host dinner on the holidays, and he volunteers to make and decorate cakes for family birthdays. As soon as I was old enough to get into the kitchen and work with him, I did. When I was ten, and the movie Ratatouille came out, I was in love with it. I wanted to be a chef for the longest time after that. In middle school, I really enjoyed family and consumer science, cooking came easy to me. I started asking my Grandmother a lot about her favorite foods to make and to this day I make a lot with her.
Starting with the week of February 25th, and ending with the week of March 25th I plan on assigning each week with a different region of the world. From that region, I will choose one or two dessert dishes to make (the amount will depend on the complexity and length of time the dish will take) and cook or bake them that week. All of the food I make will be of the dessert category because I really enjoy making dessert more than cooking actual meals. At the end of each week, my blog post is going to include the recipe(s) of what I made that week, and I'll explain a little bit about how it went. Also I am looking forward to posting pictures of all my creations with the recipes and final products.
Baking cakes, cupcakes, cookies, etc. has always been one of my favorite things to do. From trying recipes that include Sprite, to experimenting with food coloring, I always want to make something new. I figured the next step would be try something completely different, make things with new ingredients, make things I've never even heard of, and hopefully a lot of fruit! I'm really excited to make some desserts that maybe have some ingredients that you wouldn't normally expect to be in desserts. Once I have my whole timeline of all the weeks planned out, I'm going to work on getting the recipes from different sources.
My family's collection of cookbooks is going to be my primary resource, as well as recipes that have been passed down in my family. I hope to come out of these next 5 weeks with a better understanding of international cuisine, I want to experience flavors and tastes from countries that I've never tried before. Cooking and baking have always been a passion for me, and I can't wait to broaden my horizons (hopefully sweetly!)
