Hi there again ...
Before i will start posting recipes i feel the need to clarify the way that i am thinking or move inside a kitchen or when harvesting the ingridients so that you may have a better understanding to the recipes.
First my ideas comes out of 3 basic principles . 1st my surroundings , 2nd accidents in the kitchen and 3rd reading books and collecting the parts that i like and then combining to something new or rearrange some details , after all we all copy each others techniques and ideas. The 1st works better when i am chilling or noticing the world around me or the people its somehow i have my "house" moments (from house MD expression) even from something that others might say for fun . The 2nd i believe is the most well known among us for we will always make mistakes and there is nothing that we can do about it rather that to face it with a huge amount of humor. Now the triky part, the 3rd, well this one it has a strange 2 way logic. At first you have to divide the books and magazines or forums and other similar blogs into 2 categories: 1 technical info and 2 exibitions (more like a photo album of a famous artist).
We have to say before that, if you are an amateur it is better to start with 5-6 good technical books in order to learn the basics because you can not run if you don't know how to walk. After you'll leard to do the basic recipes and techniques it will come on its own ,the will to create something totaly yours and new .
I must admit that even i read alot of books and magazines and i copy/harvest/collect others ideas i will rarely leave something untouched or unchanged because i whant to give a personal tone of mine. I really hate it though when people just copy and reproduce the exact replica of the recipe , that tactic will only make you a robo-cook (more like a dalek with a pan) and not a real cook. It is essensial to maintain a steady way or habbits and styles so in the years you will create your own style, and once again i found a similarity to the martial arts here, so if you don't understand let me explain. In every martial art there are the basics, basic punches ,basic kicks ,basic defences and the list can grow to infinity. Up untill one point you need to learn the raw basics and philosophies of the art so that after years of training and practice you'll create your own individual style based on these basics .
So back to food , don't copy down to the letter others people recipes or else you won't been able to create your own insticts and moves and techniques and etc etc. Thats the way i work also, i can read a whole cookbook in 1 day and at the end of the day i won't remember anything, but if i write down parts that i liked or notes i create something new like a tasteful collage :)
One good exersise to start thinking that way of creating is when you go at the grosery store or at the buchers shop the best way is to go hungry . There's a japanese saying that goes like this " hunger is the best spice " and the best cook advisor too if i may be alouded to add.
That's all for now ,so up until my next post may you all find something new through this exersise i suggest.Oh and don't get to glommy at failing because we all do mistakes or wrong judgement calls .
So until my next post i bid you farewell .
Before i will start posting recipes i feel the need to clarify the way that i am thinking or move inside a kitchen or when harvesting the ingridients so that you may have a better understanding to the recipes.
First my ideas comes out of 3 basic principles . 1st my surroundings , 2nd accidents in the kitchen and 3rd reading books and collecting the parts that i like and then combining to something new or rearrange some details , after all we all copy each others techniques and ideas. The 1st works better when i am chilling or noticing the world around me or the people its somehow i have my "house" moments (from house MD expression) even from something that others might say for fun . The 2nd i believe is the most well known among us for we will always make mistakes and there is nothing that we can do about it rather that to face it with a huge amount of humor. Now the triky part, the 3rd, well this one it has a strange 2 way logic. At first you have to divide the books and magazines or forums and other similar blogs into 2 categories: 1 technical info and 2 exibitions (more like a photo album of a famous artist).
We have to say before that, if you are an amateur it is better to start with 5-6 good technical books in order to learn the basics because you can not run if you don't know how to walk. After you'll leard to do the basic recipes and techniques it will come on its own ,the will to create something totaly yours and new .
I must admit that even i read alot of books and magazines and i copy/harvest/collect others ideas i will rarely leave something untouched or unchanged because i whant to give a personal tone of mine. I really hate it though when people just copy and reproduce the exact replica of the recipe , that tactic will only make you a robo-cook (more like a dalek with a pan) and not a real cook. It is essensial to maintain a steady way or habbits and styles so in the years you will create your own style, and once again i found a similarity to the martial arts here, so if you don't understand let me explain. In every martial art there are the basics, basic punches ,basic kicks ,basic defences and the list can grow to infinity. Up untill one point you need to learn the raw basics and philosophies of the art so that after years of training and practice you'll create your own individual style based on these basics .
So back to food , don't copy down to the letter others people recipes or else you won't been able to create your own insticts and moves and techniques and etc etc. Thats the way i work also, i can read a whole cookbook in 1 day and at the end of the day i won't remember anything, but if i write down parts that i liked or notes i create something new like a tasteful collage :)
One good exersise to start thinking that way of creating is when you go at the grosery store or at the buchers shop the best way is to go hungry . There's a japanese saying that goes like this " hunger is the best spice " and the best cook advisor too if i may be alouded to add.
That's all for now ,so up until my next post may you all find something new through this exersise i suggest.Oh and don't get to glommy at failing because we all do mistakes or wrong judgement calls .
So until my next post i bid you farewell .
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