For the past couple of years I have been cooking. This interest can mainly be credited to Oaxaca. I was introduced to so many new types of food and drink during my time there-nopales, chipotles, poblanos, quesillo, tejate, horchata, jamaica, mole-it was impossible not to experiment with all of the fresh ingredients available for the kitchen.
I owe a bit of gratitude to Gordon Ramsey as well. I developed quite a celebrity crush on him during endless Saturday marathons of Kitchen Nightmares on BBC. Some things I learned from him-fresh and local produce are best, start with dishes that are small and simple, it's ok to cuss, and finally, "wake up, move your ass, or piss off home."
Since moving to Amherst I find cooking one of the few activities I can become so completely immersed in that I do not think about all of the school work that I have to do, or of concerns in my personal life, or if Lemon is peeing on the floor somewhere. When I am in the kitchen I am in complete concentration on whatever it is I am preparing.
I am posting some photos of some foods that I've cooked recently. Chiles rellenos, a stuffed poblano pepper roasted and filled with cheeses; a lemon herb cod fish in a white wine sauce; roasted poblano chiles in a cumin creme base; and a red Thai coconut curry with fried salted tofu.
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