Introduction

I have been cooking all of my life. I began cooking out of desperation. No one in my family knew how to cook or even attempted to go near the kitchen. I eventually became obsessed with cooking studying cookbooks and constantly watching all my favorite chefs on The Food Network. At the age of 16 my parents enrolled me in a special summer program at The School of Culinary Arts at Kendall College. There I developed skills and techniques that I learned from great well known respected chefs and furthered my passion for cooking. At the same time I was finally surrounded by people who shared my interests. The following year I went on to work in Philadelphia at Lacroix at the Rittenhouse where I worked in both the main kitchen and pastry kitchen. It was a great experience where I learned a tremendous amount from some of the top chefs in the world. After that I went on to Northwestern University to study Economics and Chinese. I didn't have a lot of time to cook but I decided to work part time at a local bakery and catering kitchen. During my summer breaks I would cater here and there at houses in Long Island. I just came back from Hong Kong where I did a semester abroad and picked up a lot of knowledge and techniques of Asian cooking from local chefs.

At Northwestern I started giving cooking lessons last fall before going to Hong Kong. I was living in a building full of students who had great kitchens in their apartments yet no knowledge of cooking whatsoever. People kept asking me if I could teach them a few basic things to make and give them some tips. The word spread that I was giving cooking lessons and eventually I got written up in our school paper with some recipes I created. This has led me to write a blog that would be accessible to students at all universities. I feel that every student should have a basic idea of cooking whether they are cooking for themselves or for friends. Not only is it expensive to go out but it is also unhealthy to constantly live on frozen and junk foods. My recipes are easy, fun, inexpensive, quick, and for the most part healthy. I really hope to get every college student inspired in cooking even if it's just starting with the basics of boiling water. Remember cooking doesn't have to be hard, very expensive, or time consuming.

Bon Appetit!