Writing about food is something that I’ve wanted to do for a very long time. I’ve hummed and hawed, procrastinated and prevaricated but finally I’m sitting down at the keyboard and making a start on doing it.
I want to cover all aspects of what i think of as my food adventures. The joy of a recipe that works, and of course the disappointment of one that doesn’t. The excitement of discovering a new cookbook or a restaurant that you’ve never been to before. Finding a new ingredient that you have never tasted or tried before. Memories about moments in life when food was involved. In fact anything that can be related in some way, shape or form to food.
The joys of cooking, and particularly baking, are a fairly recent revelation to me. Up until about six years ago food was always something that someone else produced and I just did the eating
I can link the change to one pivotal moment. It was watching an episode of Rachel Khoo’s Little Paris Kitchen on TV. Rachel made croque madame muffins and they looked gorgeous.
Croque’s had always been a favourite on French holidays and the next day I decided I was going to make them. Armed with the ingredients and a copy of the recipe I ventured into the kitchen.
Thankfully they were a relatively straight forward task for a novice and the finished muffins tasted every bit as good as I hoped they would.
With that I was off and have never stopped baking since. I love the fact that i can produce things that not only I enjoy but also that I can share them with other people.
I know I’ve still got lots to learn, in fact I hope that there’s always something new to learn. But in the mean time I’m having fun.
David in the kitchen. 