Introduction

I'm starting this blog for a couple of reasons. Recently, I got married, quit my job, and moved across the country to finally be with my hubby after a year of flying back and forth (at least 1,000 mins a month on the phone and 3,o00 miles a month, to see each other for a short amount of time). It's been a month since my move here and I figured, while looking for a job (or trying to create some of my own), I would try to do something that I've wanted to for a LONNNNG time. After our move here, we took most of our wedding gifts, which were mostly kitchenware, and I freaking finally learned how to cook! First attempt, a chicken curry (famous Indian cuisine) from a video from videojug (http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-cook-a-chicken-curry-in-ten-minutes), wasn't too bad and encouraged me to keep trying and trying. Of course, not all of my dishes were as successful. The meringue didn't harden and the waffles got a little too much batter on them and didn't form the perfect circle (more like a cross between a circle and a square, a cirquare or a squircle). Anyways, that's when I realized I needed a hand mixer. Waffles are much better now... (still using Bisquick though, only recipe I know), but I think I'm gonna try a new recipe soon probably from allrecipes.com. Haven't tried to re-do the meringue again yet, but I'm ready for something new, something that's been daunting me for a long long time, filipino cuisine. I think it's ironic that making cuisine from my own country and culture, which I've eaten all my life, brings out more FEAR in me than anything else. I guess it's the pressure of screwing it up and embarrasing myself. Well, I think it's a good thing that I'm 3,000 miles away from family judgements and criticisms. With that positive thought in my mind, I decided to go for it and committed myself to cooking 30 recipes in 30 days to go back to my roots and become (or at least try to) cook like a filipino. Two things will either happen a) I'll FINALLY learn to cook like a filipino and will have videos and recipes to pass down to my children as well as the WWW community b) I'll be reassured that even though I'm filipino, I'm better off cooking other cuisines in the world. So here goes...