Friday, March 20, 2009

Ask A Chef in Training

Plato once said; “For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them”

I love to cook. It is one of the few things in this crazy life that can make me relax. From my earliest memories I was in a kitchen. Whether it was baking shortbread, making pasta or being the grill master, I have always loved, neigh, needed to cook. It brought me to another place where I could relax, calm my mind and grow as a person.

I will be very honest, this blog is the result of my friend Linds, who I have known since I was a fifteen year old brat. We met in high school, that time when what we don’t know is compounded even further by what we don’t know. If that doesn’t make sense to you then I have to wonder if you remember what adolescence was like.

I have been on the journey to becoming a chef for about a year and a half. However, I have, as mentioned above, been cooking my whole life. I am the third of eight children, whose parents divorced, as such, I would often end up cooking when I got sick of the “take out” monster.

So what is the purpose of this blog. Well, it is two fold, one to assists YOU in any and all culinary questions you may have but also to assist me in my culinary growth.

So ask me anything you want. Help me to help you. And as a result we will both grow.

Paul Sweeney once said; “He adds a lot of laughs and shares his knowledge of the past. He's quite a character.”

I am yours!

And I would like to extend a very big thank you to Linds for causing me to see that I can help people every day doing what I love.

Are you dreaming big and inspired?

A la prochaine

SDM