“Anyone can cook!” The line made famous by the movie 'Ratatouille'. Truth be told, I just
do not have that knack nor the culinary instinct to cook well.
Don't get
me wrong. I can steam and boil soup, and the sole motivation for me to put
effort in such activities was to feed my children my definition of 'home
cooked' food!
However, the mention of steaming and boiling as part of my
cooking skills to fellow friends, all I get was raised eyebrows followed by
this question..."You call that
a skill??"
And then
I was watching another movie 'Julie & Julia', it inspired me that
maybe…just maybe if I try to attempt my journey to improve my culinary skills
in a systematic approach, I could prove the statement if indeed “Anyone can
indeed cook”…OR NOT. And if Julia Child started to dabble with serious
cooking at the age of 36, perhaps I may have some hope…
Although
I may not cook that well, I do enjoy watching cooking programmes especially
Jamie Oliver’s shows and Chef at Home Michael Smith. I love how Michael Smith
cook without a recipe and Jamie...that personality is just simply charming that
makes you want to look at him longer.
But for
this project/challenge, I have decided to face Jaime and his recipes. So, here’s my journal of my
attempt to face 100 Jaime Oliver’s recipe in 6 months!
Now where did I put my apron?
Ops, I don't even have one!! Yikes!
