This is my first venture into the expansive world of blogging. I've kept online journals about my life before, mostly ramblings about things going on in my personal life, annoying quizzes re-copied from some chain email, and the like. It should come as no surprise then, that I decided to stop updating them.
Almost 5 years later, here I am. I'm a grad student in biochemistry...which means I spend a lot of time working on things nobody knows (or cares) about, and it's all pretty abstract to most people. My days are spent measuring tiny volumes, tiny concentrations of little molecules, testing things over and over, staring at specs in endless data sets and rarely coming to any conclusions or really accomplishing anything. Such is the slow and unapologetic world of scientific research.
In an effort to distract myself from my work (which I care a lot about, let's get this straight), I cook. I don't have roommates or a boyfriend to help fill the hours, and I don't own a TV. As such, the internet...food blogs...cookbooks...YouTube clips of my favourite cooking shows....become my inspirations. I enjoy a wide variety of foods (I challenge you to find something I won't try at least once) and constantly experimenting with recipes I already know and love. My background in biochemistry makes me good at following recipes and understanding flavour balance, and gives me some insight into issues I care a lot about, namely food production/processing/genetic modification, as well as the critical role fresh wholesome ingredients play in our diets.
I'm going on an adventure to thoroughly understand the food on my plate...how it got there and the best way to cook it. Here we go...
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