I'm a college student interested in learning how to cook as well as my awesome mother, especially in Chinese cuisine. I am also a beginning baker since I don't have an oven back at home. I love to experiment and substitute things in recipes based on what I have on hand, especially for baking because it fascinates me on how the different ingredients contribute to the overall product. I'm mainly focused on making healthy foods, though, since I think eating well in college is a really good time to develop good habits while balancing life with work. But the baked goods are good times for splurging (with whole wheat flour and natural, unrefined sweeteners of course =]) And I am also working to improve upon my picture taking with my really bad camera. I love to bake everything! From pastries to fries, I just love to use my oven. I also like to make stovetop desserts, or try to use ingredients in usually savory dishes in a different way, such as black bean brownies! Chinese stir-frying and slow-cooking soups. I still have much to learn from my mom though. For example, I still need to properly learn how to fold a zongzi correctly without having a really small lump of rice in a comparatively large bamboo leaf. Or be able to fill a wonton with lots of filling without having trouble wrapping it up. Most of my experimentations on baked goods from recipes I find on this site received great reviews from friends. The first time I made orange muffins for mother's day, I overmixed the batter, and they turned out flat instead of big and fluffy. My mother still loved them though!