I am a statistic. I’m one of those people. I’m an unemployed, single mom and trying to snag a job is more than challenging. It’s not for a lack of trying or lack of ability, just the state of the economy – I shake my fist in the air at it. So what does one do to when handed this basket of lemons? Make lemonade! Capitalize on your interests, your passions. Let’s see…I’m good at spreadsheets, details, organizing, coordinating projects. I love music, indie films, food and really enjoy cooking. Hmm, what to do, what to do… the spreadsheet/details/coordinating thing hasn’t quite panned out yet. Being a roadie or being on a film crew is not practical at this point. I know! I’m going the food/cooking route! Now, I am by no means professionally trained (would love to be though), just have a desire and love for food and cooking. Along the way I have picked up tips, tricks and tidbits of knowledge along the way – and watch lots of cooking shows!
So, I had this idea to prepare recipes from a different country every week and chronicle my experiences – the good, the bad, the ugly. Who am I kidding?! It wasn’t my idea; it was my wonderful friend, Becky. We had gone to the movies over the weekend and saw the trailer for “Julie/Julia”. I told her that, coincidentally, I had been thinking about blogging on something cooking-related, but couldn’t come up with the right angle and, voila!, she comes up with this! It just effortlessly rolled off of her tongue as if it had always been there and I had been racking my brain for weeks! What’s up with that? All I can say is thank goodness she was there, she saved the day!
Culinarily speaking, I have a couple of ongoing challenges. For the most part, I cook on the cheap, being a single mom and all, but especially now! I’m pretty good at stretching a buck, try not to get crap and be a little bit creative. I like different foods as well as foods from different cultures, pretty adventurous. Which brings me to my second challenge, my teen-aged son is not an adventurous eater. He’s a meat-and-potatoes, fast-food lovin’ kind of guy. I am constantly preparing new, different dishes or am trying to sneak in different ingredients to dishes he already likes – sometimes it works, sometimes not…OK, most of the time it doesn’t work, but I still try.
In a nutshell, I am going to prepare foods from different countries that will not be expensive or difficult to prepare and use relatively mainstream ingredients and flavors that are not too crazy or wild – just a little bit. This will accommodate my pocketbook and my son’s palate. So, join me in my virtual global culinary adventure taking place within the confines of my own kitchen. I hope you will check in weekly to see how it’s going….
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Email – myglobaleats@gmail.com
