Food Bio!

Hi Everybody!
Sooo, I never blogged on here until today (still have a live journal account tho :p.) This is how I wound up following the blog as well... How do I get it to tell me when people make new posts?.

Skill level: Medium, I enjoy trying new things as long as I have a recipe to follow. They can have a long ingredient list & they can be fairly complicated as long as I am properly motivated by the yummy factor! I will improvise once I know a recipe or it is a pasta dish, else wise, I am a recipe gal all the way!

Favorite cuisine: Oh man!! Do I have to pick one? I love Mexican, Thai, Italian, Indian and Chinese. Anything with saffron in it is a surefire win with me! There is very little I DON'T like. If it has saffron, ginger, red pepper, etc etc in it, I'll probably love it!

Cooking or baking: Ummm.... Both? I bake for special occasions (Christmas gifts, parties, birthdays, etc) and cook far more regularly. That said, I tend to get fancier with my Christmas gift baking than I do my general cooking.

Favorite appliance: I've moved a lot. I'm looking forward to learning a single oven and sticking with its quirks! (Not sure I have a favorite appliance now, but my last roommates' espresso machine made me a very happy yuppie coffee drinking gal!)

Favorite junk food: Chips & salsa!!! After that: My nachos, chocolate, chocolate & peanut butter combinations- any variety, Pocky!! (Especially the fancy chocolate & orange swirly kind I had once at an anime con, never to find again!), Gardettos, salty stuff.

Favorite real food: Nearly anything with pasta in it, curries, peas pulao (How do you make this heavenly dish!?!), rice noodles, stir fry, sushi, molé, macaroni & potato salads, rhubarb & lemon pie from family recipes... Make it spicy and I'll probably love it!

I look forward to learning new yummy recipes (especially all the Indian and Japanese ones, yummy!!!) ! I'll be posting my 4th of July grilling stuff at Cherilyn's suggestion, because everything turned out so well!! Cheers!