The Beginning of a New Legacy

Hi! My name's Ryan Chen and this is going to be a blog of my cooking creations, their recipes, and a personal "food critic" evaluation of them. Currently, I am a junior at Monta Vista High School and will be graduating in 2012. In the meantime, I want to make the most of my time and cook as many interesting dishes as I can. As a lover of food, I plan to either follow a career in cooking, or have it as one of my major hobbies. I just love the feeling I get when people taste my food and are surprised at how good (or bad) it is. Only bad thing is... many people are simply too nice to come plain out and admit "this food sucks". I guess it's a good thing to be nice, but when you really need to improve... it's not helpful. In addition to the pleasure in peoples' faces, I also think cooking is just a GREAT skill to have. I have friends who have to eat out all the time when their moms are away on vacation or some business trip. Sure anyone can cook--like what Chef Gusteau in Ratatouille said-- but not everyone can cook well. If a rat can cook, a dad can cook, but I don't want to just be at the culinary level of some animal that lives off trash. I want to be able to taste a food, change it for the better and remake it into a totally different dish. This is what defines a cook; not by how fast one can cut cucumbers or how well one can knead dough, but how well one can use his ingredients to make food.
If there's one thing I hate, it's the thought that most people become doctors because they want to HELP people. Sure the thought of helping people is nice, and maybe a few people will think like that, but most people just want the money. Money basically supports you in life; it helps get you a nice house, wife, reputation and pleasure in life. You may spend a ton of years just practicing and doing tedious studying to become a doctor, but it's worth it once you hit your 30s. My mom's always telling me how she would not have dated my dad if he was not the doctor he is now. A perfect example of what I DISLIKE. The good thing about being a renowned chef is that it's fun, useful and that money will not determine true relationships. Ahhh... the good new days that I wish would happen in my future. If only my parents would be more supportive and not want me to get some job that makes as much as some engineer or doctor... But for now, I might as well start getting some experience in cooking in case I ever want to build my own restaurant or be an Iron Chef on t.v!
Stay tuned for more foods, recipes and reviews!