Clare Henney: June 2011

I don’t cook…much. Here’s the thing: I can cook but I’d rather not go through all the trouble that goes with it. When I’m in the mood, I do prepare a meal or dessert but that doesn’t happen very often.

The thing about cooking that turns me off, apart from the fact that it can be a lot of work, is that my OC tendencies mean that I like following recipes to the letter. If I don’t have a certain ingredient, I’m hesitant to use a substitute. I like following the measurements as indicated, even if my family tells me that it’s better to wing it than measuring everything.

So far I’ve tried making Korean kimbap and pajeon, Paula Deen’s Drunken Chicken, Nori Pasta, Haianese Chicken, Gising Gising, Bibingka and an Oreo Cheesecake, among other things. I’ve had hits and misses but for the most part I’ve been doing alright in the cooking department considering that I rarely do so.

Lately, with all the tweets that my friends on Twitter have posted about cupcakes I am seriously considering giving this a shot (as you may all know from my previous post). The show DC Cupcakes is also doing a lot to influence me in the cupcakes department. This is getting to be a serious interest because it has gotten to the point of me canvassing for an oven and a mixer at the mall.

If I manage to scrape up enough to buy the things I need to start baking, I think I’m going to be making my own cupcakes within the next couple of months. I don’t know how good it would turn out but considering that I’ll be spending a lot of money to make it happen it better be worth it.