I'm not sure what's happening to me!
In the past week, my favorite and most frequented websites have been:
I'm scared people! I'm not sure what's happening to me. One moment I'm moving into a house and the next I'm training for housewife-of-the-year! The most fun I've had recently was spent by myself in a kitchen, topped only by the time spent at the dinner table with my happily full guests and my husband glowing with pride at my new culinary feats.
You see, I've never considered myself to be a "good cook" but I've always loved cooking. When I was a kid, I would raid Mom's pantry and mix together anything I could find and bake it, hoping it would taste good. (The cookies with the sickeningly sweet almond extract that formed 90% of the batter comes to mind.) When I was in high school, I did particularly well in the sciences... I think it pleased the side of my brain that enjoyed following a recipe, mixing things together and seeing how it came out. But I don't have that outlet anymore because somehow along the way I decided that theatre was more my thing. (What a waste of that A+ science and math concentration I got in high school, huh?) My job is intensely creative, but not always as methodical and concrete as following a recipe and getting your hands dirty in cake batter.
Anyway, all of this to say that now in my new home, the fridge is always full and my husband NEVER cooks for me anymore... I'm probably going to end up gaining 20 pounds for all the extra tasting I'm doing... and I'm probably going to give myself a stress attack because now I've just told you all of this before I host my first big party... great.
Well, at least I can take consolation in the fact that most of my guest are going to be theatre people... they can act like they enjoy my cooking and I won't be the wiser.
I'm scared people! I'm not sure what's happening to me. One moment I'm moving into a house and the next I'm training for housewife-of-the-year! The most fun I've had recently was spent by myself in a kitchen, topped only by the time spent at the dinner table with my happily full guests and my husband glowing with pride at my new culinary feats.
You see, I've never considered myself to be a "good cook" but I've always loved cooking. When I was a kid, I would raid Mom's pantry and mix together anything I could find and bake it, hoping it would taste good. (The cookies with the sickeningly sweet almond extract that formed 90% of the batter comes to mind.) When I was in high school, I did particularly well in the sciences... I think it pleased the side of my brain that enjoyed following a recipe, mixing things together and seeing how it came out. But I don't have that outlet anymore because somehow along the way I decided that theatre was more my thing. (What a waste of that A+ science and math concentration I got in high school, huh?) My job is intensely creative, but not always as methodical and concrete as following a recipe and getting your hands dirty in cake batter.
Anyway, all of this to say that now in my new home, the fridge is always full and my husband NEVER cooks for me anymore... I'm probably going to end up gaining 20 pounds for all the extra tasting I'm doing... and I'm probably going to give myself a stress attack because now I've just told you all of this before I host my first big party... great.
Well, at least I can take consolation in the fact that most of my guest are going to be theatre people... they can act like they enjoy my cooking and I won't be the wiser.
Labels: Random
posted by Natalie Joy @ 11/23/2006 10:24:00 AM
7 Comments:
At 1:58 PM,
Nancy Kenny said…
I LOVE the kraft canada website. I hope you signed up for the free magazine they send out 4 times a month. The recipes are simply fabulous!
Ok, I'm a big nerd in the kitchen too... but only when it comes to cooking for other people. Otherwise I'm very lazy. And having a dishwasher helps like you would not believe!
Anyway, I'm now looking forward to the party! Even moreso than before.
At 9:58 AM,
Natalie Joy said…
Nancy, we're practically the same person.
1) I'm addicted to that Kraft Magazine
2) I now have a dishwasher in the new house and I L-O-V-E it!
3) When I'm cooking only for myself, I'm more apt to prepare canned soup and a grilled cheese... but that's all the effort I can muster for little ol' me.
At 12:44 PM,
cassandra said…
You should try the lcbo.ca website and look up their catalogue of recipes from the Food and Drink magazine - so tasty!
At 2:09 PM,
Lisa said…
I think you all are forgetting the food network (both on the tele and internet!!!)
Cooking is not a problem. Now if you notice that you are making plastic flower arangements for each room of your house and doilies to cover all of your furniture, someone will need to intervene.
At 2:35 PM,
Nancy Kenny said…
"Nancy, we're practically the same person."
-French Canadian origin/fluently bilingual
-Theatre major
-Workoholic bloggers
-Cooking
-Drop-dead gorgeous brunettes
OH MY GOD! We are the same person!
Now if only Stewart would have an attractive brother, I would be all set!
At 6:31 PM,
Natalie Joy said…
I forgot about the LCBO site... great idea! And believe me, I did not forget about the Food Network. I was addicted to that channel when I was staying with the 'rents. I'm trying to stay away from the website though, because it makes me miss the channel too much.
No doillies yet... but I'll let you know if I need an intervention.
At 2:09 PM,
Ereek said…
don't forget:
www.recipesource.com
and
www.epicurious.com
recipesource is 'plainer' than epicurious, but has a wider variety, particularly with various ethnicities. Epicurious has great technique videos...
bon appétit!
Eric
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