About
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 by Michelle
I'm a former graduate student in Historical Musicology turned Office Coordinator (read "Executive Administrative Assistant") in Advertising Sales who has long possessed a love of cooking. Until I started Taste As You Go, the high point of my amateur culinary career was receiving the Home Economics Award in eighth grade, a little known fact about me that I used to hide but am now oddly proud of.
It wasn't until college that I started writing about my passion for cooking. At first, I only shared my recipes online with friends via a private blog. Not only was I apprehensive about putting my thoughts out there for other people to criticize, but I was also afraid of not having anything meaningful to contribute to the food blogging. I got over that first fear and launched Taste As You Go in August of 2008, and since its inception, the feedback I've received from readers and from other food bloggers has helped me to get over that second fear.
Taste As You Go?
As I was just starting to learn how to cook, I was repeatedly told to taste after each step in a recipe (where feasible, of course). This was especially helpful when it came to getting the seasoning "just right" or to creating deep, complex flavors out of the simplest of ingredients. Eventually, I began to apply the advice of tasting as I went to the experimentation with new foods, the exploration of new cuisines, and the revisitation of those foods I had previously written off. Living in New York, I didn't want to limit my tasting to the confines of my kitchen, so I also set out to explore more of the city by trying as many new-to-me restaurants as my budget would allow. Therefore, each new recipe and each new dining experience allows me to continue to live by that early piece of advice that was passed on to me a long time ago: to taste as you go.
If you'd like to contact me with your comments, criticisms, or suggestions, please review the information on my Contact page.
Thanks for reading!
- Michelle
It wasn't until college that I started writing about my passion for cooking. At first, I only shared my recipes online with friends via a private blog. Not only was I apprehensive about putting my thoughts out there for other people to criticize, but I was also afraid of not having anything meaningful to contribute to the food blogging. I got over that first fear and launched Taste As You Go in August of 2008, and since its inception, the feedback I've received from readers and from other food bloggers has helped me to get over that second fear.
Taste As You Go?
As I was just starting to learn how to cook, I was repeatedly told to taste after each step in a recipe (where feasible, of course). This was especially helpful when it came to getting the seasoning "just right" or to creating deep, complex flavors out of the simplest of ingredients. Eventually, I began to apply the advice of tasting as I went to the experimentation with new foods, the exploration of new cuisines, and the revisitation of those foods I had previously written off. Living in New York, I didn't want to limit my tasting to the confines of my kitchen, so I also set out to explore more of the city by trying as many new-to-me restaurants as my budget would allow. Therefore, each new recipe and each new dining experience allows me to continue to live by that early piece of advice that was passed on to me a long time ago: to taste as you go.
If you'd like to contact me with your comments, criticisms, or suggestions, please review the information on my Contact page.
Thanks for reading!
- Michelle
Updated January 18, 2010
