First Post!

Hello Internet! My name is Erin Enright, I have decided to create a blog about my cooking and baking endeavors. A few months ago I came across a French Macaron recipe, and began to research the methods of baking them. I found that it was incredibly difficult, but the result was beautiful. I had always had a love, and a knack for cooking and baking, but for some reason unknown to me, I started to become oddly obsessed with French Macarons. I searched the internet for photos, recipes, and how-to videos to gather any bit of information I could about the beautiful and delicate cookies. My first attempt at actually baking them was a failure. The cookies tasted good, but there was no smooth shell, or “foot” at the end. With my epic failure, I decided to seek professional help (baking help, not psychological help) . My sister, aunt, and I attended a class about how to make macarons, there was also wine tasting involved, which is always nice! I learned a lot of great information, and really enjoyed the class. I enjoyed the class so much I decided that I wanted to take my love of baking to the next level.

Around this time, I was enrolled in art classes at school to fulfill my plans to become an art teacher. My professor wasn't a very happy guy, he was very negative and talked about his ex-wife a lot. The students in the class were really competitive, and snobby, and I soon decided that art was not the major for me. Feeling completely lost I decided to re-think all of those major life plans I had set for myself. I thought about what I was good at, and more importantly what I love... I love food. I love eating it, cooking it, serving it, I love the feeling you get when someone says “Wow, that is really good!” after you let them try something you have prepared. I LOVE food. I've always had a dream about owning my own little cafe, but always thought it would be to much of a risk. The more I thought about it, the more I questioned... Why shouldn't you do what it is you really love? So that is just what I am going to do internet, I am going to do what I love.

Seeing as I'm only six units away from transferring to a teaching program, I have decided to go ahead and finish school (It's important). However, instead of teaching college, I want to teach elementary school. In my experience of working at a daycare for the last four years, five to ten year olds are more pleasant to be around than twenty year old art snobs... That's just an opinion though! I plan to go to pastry school in between transferring. Pastry school usually takes less than a year to complete, and there are many school choices around the area I live in. In the mean time I have created this blog to keep myself busy with cooking and baking. With no professional training or education I want to show others that you can do anything on your own as long as you love to do it.

Happy Eating!

- Erin