the beginning

like any cookbook, this is the beginning. here's the run-down:

who: me. 23. in a relationship (2 years 1 month 5 days). unemployed but happy playing the housewife role...but not forever. i'd like to take a hiatus from unemployment and use my degree, in the meantime this will do. i'll request the help of giada de laurentiis, the better homes cook book, paula deen (okay ya'lllll) and maybe hubert keller (i'm not up to his level yet).

what: i'm trying to cook better (in the general sense and in the become-more-health-conscious sense).

why: i hate all the scraps of paper i have laying around with recipes i've copied. i want to archive my failures and occasional successes. who knows, i may actually want to show my children someday. plus, i'd like to know what other people think about the food i make--i am open to suggestions.

when: at least 2 new recipes during the week (monday-friday) and 1 brunch/dessert recipe on the weekend (saturday and sunday...and maybe national holidays). i need to try and hold myself accountable, otherwise this won't happen. now, i am far from perfect. the weather and the course of my day (were the kids' buses late? did my dear la (grandmother) annoy me again? did my skin flare up? and the other minor things that get me angry...here's where the "trying to be less bitchy" comes into play) will affect what i do. also, m (my lovely girlfriend that puts up with me) and i have crazy schedules sometimes, so cooking at 21:00 is not my cup of tea. that would most likely be a 5 guys night (guilty pleasure).

how: most likely in my studio apartment kitchen. it's not conducive for chopping vegetables or cooking large meals (i'll have to remember to post pictures of my kitchenette)--but we've been surviving for about 9 months :) phew.

my next step will be to re-cap some of the things i made last week. i am upset that i didn't take pictures when la and i made crabs and lobster (unlike julia childs i did not kill them first. i don't know if that makes me a bad person).