my first blog

I'm not really new to this world of blogging, in fact, this is like a come back. I used to have...lots and lots of blog but mostly, my blog pages are for random non-sense -- more on venting out what I feel.rants, rants and more rants!

This blog is for my food addiction, either reviews on the restos where I've been to, or the cooking shows I recently watch or the food magazines and recipe books from book sale I bought (which most of the time, I don't get to read) and the food I've been experimenting on. 

I can share recipes and pics of the food I've cooked in the past and will be cooking.

I've been cooking since I was -- i think 9 years old. I learned the basic from my Manang Lalang (our family nanny). Everytime she would prepare dinner, I watched and observed her in the kitchen, the saute'ng of garlic then onion then add the meat, soysauce, a little water then veggies -- yes the basic.

I guess the experimenting in the kitchen happened later on, influenced by the different restos I've been to and the food mags and different cook shows I see on TV (my favorite were Caprial's Cafe, Cooking with the Urban Peasant, and the 3rd one I forgot and I even forgot the channel! It was shown in the 90s so forgive me!)

I'm so fascinated with experimenting in the kitchen and seeing an ingredient for the first time excites me (like spices,herbs and some condiments). I love cooking the food I love to eat like pasta and Mexican food. I cook them many times until I perfect that certain dish. I'm not into baking -- and it's a joke in our culinary class as well as to people who cooks with me -- but I admit, I'm beginning to love baking, but not necessarily pastries. I don't like eating sweets so I guess I'll try to master the bread making instead.

I just finished my 8-month course in Culinary Arts with Holistic Nutrition and I'm belong to the Pioneering batch from the Culinary Institute of Cagayan de Oro (the first in Northern Mindanao) due for graduation on July 2, 2011. I did a 2-months OJT at the MACROASIA Inflight Catering Services in Manila. I gained not only knowledge about the world of food, but I gained friends who are like a family and who shares the same passion for food as I do.

So this is my so-called first blog and I hope I can share a lot to you guys --  especially if you're like me -- loves eating and cooking!