My husband calls me a food snob. I can't argue. I tried once, but he's right. I am a complete food snob. I have my favorite dishes at some restaurants and then there are others that I refuse to eat at because of their menu. Allow me to explain.
My husband and I went to Marie Callendar's years ago. I didn't know what I wanted when I went in--looking back, that may have been my first issue. I perused the menu and came across some chicken tacos that had its sides listed as "rice and vegetables."
I know what you're thinking. Mexican food at Marie Callendar's? I thought that too, but common sense should have come into play on the chef's part as well. I was oh so very wrong. The spicy chicken tacos came out with rice pilaf and a mixture of cauliflower, broccoli and carrots.
Okay...I understand that Marie Callendar's is not a Mexican food restaurant, but a good head-chef should know that rice pilaf and that particular mixture of vegetables would not go well with tacos. There should have, at minimum, been a tomato based rice and the vegetables could have been a mixture of bell peppers and onion. I voiced this to my husband, and he was not pleased with my "attitude".
He was right on some level. After all, I am not a school-trained nor a professionally-trained chef. I am a self-trained cook and baker. I am a wife, an aunt, a sister and a daughter. I love to entertain and please people by way of food. It's the thing I get right approximately 95% of the time. If I get it wrong, I try again. If I get it right, I want to try a new way of mixing things up.
I figured it'd be fun to catalog my experiments and successes with a recipe or my own creations, whether good or bad. This blog will show my passion. You're welcome to join the journey, let me know what you think, whether or not you tried it and your results.
"Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements."
~Marcel Boulestin
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