new skills

Lisa and I went to our very first cooking class together last night.  It was so much fun!  It was a class on basic knife skills (basic to a professional, maybe...).  We learned how to cut things very evenly, very tiny, and very beautifully.  You need jullienned zucchini or carrots?  Minced onions?  I'm your girl.  We also learned cool tricks like chiffonaide of basil (basil confetti, according to Rachael Ray), and how to peel and section an orange.  I just peeled a blood orange for a snack with a chef's knife, just because I could.  We also learned that our knives all need sharpening, very badly.  It was a cool thing to do together.  And something that will lead us to enjoy cooking together even more.  It has taken me a long time to begin to enjoy cooking.  I've always enjoyed eating, but not cooking so much.  But I'm starting to feel the creativity in it, and the fun.

We hosted a morroccan potluck dinner for some friends last weekend, and it was so much fun to plan the meal together, try new dishes with different combinations of ingredients and spices than we usually eat, and then see it all come together in a feast.  It was so, so good.  We all outdid ourselves.  And what a fabulous way to break in the new dining table!

Comments

[Tongue in Cheek]

the red of that orange!

[Ali]

I love that you went to a class on learning how to cut things properly. I so need to learn those skills :).

[Karen]

Beautiful drawings and an enticing story of your cooking adventures. I made chicken b'stilla once (the moroccan dish with filo, cinammon and powdered sugar.) It was an adventure, too