Welcome!
Posted by Unknown
Let’s just get this out of the way – I do not claim to be a writer
(although I am a stickler for spelling so while I hope you won’t find any
spelling errors you will likely find grammatical errors). I have a passion for
cooking and baking and completed a Certificate of Culinary Arts at Bellingham
Technical College back in 2001. I decided to go to Culinary School after
dropping out of Western Washington University (just a year or so shy of my
Bachelor’s Degree). The Food Network was taking off back then and I started to
entertain the thought of going to school for cooking. My experience up until
starting culinary school was following the recipe on the back of a Kraft Mac
and Cheese box. I sat on the idea for one year and then decided to give it a
go. Culinary school was by far the hardest school I have ever been through and
I was definitely the most inexperienced student out of the 30ish students in
the program (99% of the students were
already working in the industry so I was the 1%). I had quite the learning curve but I gave it
110% and passed with flying colors. I completed three quarters of culinary and
one quarter of baking. At first I hated the thought of baking however I ended
up loving it and baking became one of my favorite things to do (plus I have
quite the sweet tooth so it was a win-win).
Since graduating I have never worked professionally in the
industry however throughout the years I have played around with different
recipes but never to the extent I desired. I recently left my job at a digital
marketing agency in downtown Seattle to stay at home with my newborn son, Nash,
who is now 6 months old. One of my favorite things to eat while pregnant was
sweet baked treats (i.e. peanut cookies from Dahlia Bakery). Now that I am home it’s not so easy to just
run to the Dahlia Bakery so I started baking (sometimes daily) so that I could
have sweets at my disposal. There is nothing better then a warm chocolate chip
cookie fresh out of the oven. My passion for cooking and baking has resurfaced
with a vengeance and it’s also something I look forward to doing with my son.
This past Thanksgiving I stumbled upon The Dahlia Bakery
cookbook by Tom Douglas in a little store in Chelan called the Culinary Apple.
There was a stack of autographed copies that my mom pointed out. I instantly
opened the book to see if the peanut butter cookie recipe was there and there
it was (page 30)… SOLD! To purchase your own copy on Amazon click the following link: http://amzn.to/WQ999t.
This blog is dedicated to my husband and son. I want to
thank my husband for having a high metabolism and being able to eat endless
amounts of food that I cook and for taking the extra sweets into work so I
don’t eat them. I also want to give a
shout out to my son for being patient in the exersaucer while I bake and
falling asleep to the sound of the beaters in his vibrator chair.
My goal is to make every single recipe in the book (not in
any particular order). I will document which recipe I choose, if I followed it
exactly, and how it turned out. I promise to be honest with my reviews – good
and bad. If it turns out to be a flop I will try again and if it fails more then
three times I will be contacting Mr. Douglas to find out what I am doing wrong.
He has promised in the book that each recipe has been tested again and again so
I am going to hold him to it.
I commit to making two recipes per week plus or minus two
based on my son’s nap schedule and activities for the week. I also plan to mix
in some of my other favorite recipes just for fun.
0 comments: