Enjoying the Rise.

I fell in love with bread-making when I stumbled upon Rick Curry's "The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking" in the fall of 2009. I now look for any excuse to make a new loaf, read more about different breads, bakers, (and cooking in general) and continue to be amazed by how much I truly enjoy each precise step that creates a fresh loaf of bread. The smells, the colors, the wait...all thrill me. A year after falling in love with bread making, I somehow landed in culinary school...but not to study bread, really. At the same time that I was learning the joys of yeast and flour, I became obsessed with food- and I don't really mean the tastes, I mean food and its science, its origin, how it ends up on our plates, the politics and the health factors, slow food and fast food...everything. I have no desire to be a chef in the traditional sense of the word; I'd like to combine my degree in Biology with a hands-on culinary degree, and somehow work in the sustainable food world. And here is where I release my thoughts, concerns, excitements, disappointments, and progress to attaining that, or getting there...the "rise," if you will. My initial intentions of creating this blog, to write my thoughts and meditations while "enjoying the rise," still stand, but most of my entries have little to do with a recent bread recipe (because most of those are done in class now). It has now evolved into a culinary diary, mixed in with a dash of music to match, and some food articles and info as well. So, without further adieu, I present: my thoughts, my meditations, my ideas, (or worries about the next loaf), while enjoying the rise. EAT UP!
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February 3rd, 2012
Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they’ll turn out. You’re curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you’re waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.

Randall Munroe (xkcd: volume 0)

I had to make a quick run home to Philly to deal with car stuff.  As annoying, and quick, as the trip is, I absolutely love going home to my parents.  Seriously, it makes me so happy.

My dad and I got talking about what it is that I want to do, where I’m going, how will my paths collide; restaurant world, schools, farmers markets.  It hit me, that, I’m really not on a clear path.  All of these odds and ends have a connection, but perhaps it’s still too early to really know what I want to do in the culinary world.  When he asked where it is that I think I’m going, I told him that all I want to do is be a local/sustainable food powerhouse in whatever city it is that I end up in (cough cough, hopefully Boston, hopefully this time next year).  Kinda like Joan Dye Gussow.  Yeah, I want to be just like her.  But maybe not as many marriages.  I want to make big changes, and as lofty and ridiculous as that may sound, I think this convoluted path that I’ve chosen, will somehow end me up there.

(Source: goodreads.com, via postcardsandpaperplanes)

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