Cook and Brew.

Anyone trying to cook for the first time may be a little hesitant on following a recipe because of confusing cooking terms. I remember the first time I tried to cook a lunch meal, I had to scour the definition on the web the term “blanch” because I totally forgot what my Home and Economics teacher taught way back my grade school years. You see, we grew up with a household help who cooked for us while we studied so basically, I was really clueless on cooking and it’s only when I got married that I was forced to mingle with kitchen stuffs and cooking utensils. I’m far from being a good and expert cook so in my journey to learn more about learning cooking further, I’d be sharing in this blog the cooking terms or should I say “cooking jargons” that appear to us, newbie cooks.

Wikipedia defines:

“Cooking is the process of preparing food by applying heat, selecting, measuring and combining of ingredients in an ordered procedure for producing safe and edible food. The process encompasses a vast range of methods, tools and combinations of ingredients to alter the flavor, appearance, texture, or digestibility of food. Factors affecting the final outcome include the variability of ingredients, ambient conditions, tools, and the skill of the individual doing the actual cooking.”

“Brewing is the production of alcoholic beverages and alcohol fuel through fermentation. The term is used for the production of beer, although the word “brewing” is also used to describe the fermentation process used to create wine and mead. It can also refer to the process of producing sake and soy sauce. “Brewing” is also sometimes used to refer to any chemical mixing process. Brewing specifically refers to the process of steeping, such as with tea and water, and extraction, usually through heat.”

“Food is any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.”

“Life is the general or universal condition of human existence.”

“Spice is something that gives zest.”

“Nice is pleasing; agreeable; delightful.”

So in a nutshell, this will be basically a food blog and an online nook that will discuss spices and the ingredients needed to cook and brew a delightful life.

Welcome aboard…and bon appetit!