testing the water

im a fairly normal college student who cooks much more than the normal college student. i grew up around my mother in the kitchen and spent a lot of time as a kid making my own meals while my parents were at work. i feel that food is not only vital to life, but its also a way to better understand places both near and far, whether you are searing a piece of locally-raised beef or using some special blend of spices from the far east. the goal of this blog will be to record and share some of the creations that i've made in my own kitchen. i hope to make these sort of recipes accessible to most people. great dishes need not be flashy (although a little presentation goes a long way!). i will emphasize a lot of the techniques and the steps that i used to reach each end result, because cooking is always a constant trial and error process of refinement. this author is barely testing the water of culinary perfection.