Confessions of a Food Lover

If there is something true about me, then it is that I have way too many hobbies and passions. Making costumes is one of them. Photography is one of them. And certainly, cooking is one of them too. I have a different blog, the Needle and the Lens that will focus about costumes, and this one will be dedicated to food! Photography binds everything together. I recently bought my first DLSR camera - the Canon 550D. I still have a lot to learn, so any suggestions about how I can improve my photo's is highly appreciated!

When I was young, I always helped my mother with baking cakes and pies. She cannot eat sugar (and now I can't either), so if she wanted to have something sweet, she needed to bake it herself. I think apple pies were out favourite, but we also made a lot of marbled chocolate-and-vanilla cakes, or mocha pies. Since the last few years, I've taken up on baking, and now my mother helps me, instead of the other way around. It's not just baking I love, I also love cooking. I love all sort of cuisines, but curiously, I'm not that fond of the traditional Dutch cuisine with potato stews and the likes.

I always find that cooking (and baking too) is highly personal. There are people who don't like a certain type of meat, people who don't like tomatos, and so on. If there is a specific vegetable I don't like, then it's leek. And while I absolutely love cooking books and can spend afternoons just looking in them, I never stay true to any recipe. Perhaps I like it with a little more pepper, or substitute one of the vegetables for another. For me, cooking books are just a great inspiration - something to twist to my own tastes. That is why the recipes I will write are rather loose. I might make notes on things that you can add or substitute and make the recipes your own. All I intend to do is inspire you!