So yeah, I decided to start a food blog.

[underEJ]

Originally Posted by Inmem58

Freestyle cooking? That could be very difficult for anyone especially without looking at a recipe or looking up common ingredients.


I love to cook, but I can't just go into my kitchen and whip up a Risotto or Steak Diane without getting an idea first. You could have an edge if you took culinary classes, I don't see how anyone has common knowledge of Risotto or steak diane or any other dish for that matter.

I have only recently learned to cook, and this was my fear for a while, but I actually broke myself of it starting with experimenting on soups. Soups are very easy to work with and even if you go a bit wrong it is pretty easy to recover.

Then because I have no time for long classes and learning to cook on equipment I don't own with pans I will never have, I hired a personal chef for four nights to come to my house and cook with my available things and teach me about cooking in a way I could actually put into practice. It was awesome. Each night we made 4 or 5 meals and he never used a recipe for anything. Asked me questions about what I like then adjusted his plan accordingly so I ended up with a weeks meals ready to reheat of well made food that I loved. One night a week for four weeks, and I was the one cooking by the end.

I learned not just to cook, but that I really like sweet and spicy mixed together so pairing things like honey with red pepper, or brown sugar with cayenne pepper work really well for me and that can be in a soup, on vegetables, or meat.

I love where FMB is going with this blog and I will follow it! It is just my kind of food blog. Good luck!