CULINARY ARTS

Culinary Arts

The kitchen is my sanctuary where I feel a sense of freedom to experiment with ingredients and challenge myself to create beautiful masterpieces. In the rhythmic chopping of fruits and vegetables, the intertwining of aromas over the stovetop, and the symphonic sizzling of ingredients, flavors dance around the room and harmonize on the plate. My love for cooking stems from my love for food, but even more from the joy from creating new delights from scratch, where recipes are references rather than guidelines, and intuition decides the final product. I enjoy cooking to introduce new foods to picky eaters like my cousin and to share my dishes, feeling a sense of satisfaction swell when I watch faces light up, nourishing connections with not only friends and family but the art of cooking itself.