Over Acieving Again

Weeks, no months after creating the blog... no posts, and then in one day two. Well I have no hope to keep this up, but will try to post at least once a week.

I have a problem... I'm a avid cookbook collecter and have books from which I've never made anything. So my primary chaallenge will be to cook one sweet and one savoury (where applicable) dish from every book I own.

If a food or life adventure/challenge comes up along the way, well then great. but for now, its back to the books.

Ill take the books as they are stacked in my book case and attemt the recipies as they fit my budget - still being a student and not rolling around in money.

So first up... Cooked in the Karoo by Justin Bonello
So the Karoo is a semi-arid region in South Africa where (in my opinion) the best lamb is produced. This being said, many of the recipes in this book calls for lamb... which is notoriously expensive... so finding one that wont break my budget was challenging... but I found one.

So simple and so perfect for the start of the winter... Beef stew.
Keep tuned in to find out how it went!

First thing's first

I am not a writer... I struggle with grammar and spelling and I have no idea how to express myself in an eloquent, thought provoking and humerus way.I have great respect, admiration (and even a touch of jealousy) for those who can, But I shall try my best... so dear readers (if there are any), brace yourselves.. here we go!

Taste – such a simple word with so many big implications. 

Sure the taste we normally talk of is that of food (wrongly used, we all mean flavour – the combination of taste and aroma. Taste is merely with our tongues – sweet, sour, bitter salty and umami.) Oops, looks like my food science is showing

I have unfortunately developed a taste for life and for excellence – not just what the world perceives as the best, but also what I perceive as the best despite the world. And it has ruined me and made me in equal amounts. I cannot be satisfied with the mediocre anymore. Work and superficial relationships, serious and meaningless “fun” conversations, luxurious holidays have all lost and gained meaning in my mind. I am divided into two… both very deep and very shallow at the same time, like a poorly designed pool. On the one hand I crave the simplicity of routine, and on the other hand I reject the boundaries set in place. Confused? Well welcome to my life. I am told that your twenties are supposed to be the most confusing part of your life… well as an over achiever I feel as if I have over achieved at this as well…. I feel like I know nothing and only make things worse by either over thinking them or not thinking them through… there is at this stage no reasonable in between..

This blog is about developing taste – a taste for adventure, for life,, for love and relationships.. and as a foodie and food scientist, to develop my palate and cooking skills. Expect food, travel, science and life posts (sometimes combined).

 Welcome to the odyssey spirited wanderer!