Member Since:
Aug. 2008
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Slow Cooking, Indian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Vegetarian, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies:
Sewing, Photography, Music, Painting/Drawing, Charity Work
I'm currently a student, trying to make a career out of my photography (my photog website is jpgmag.com/people/renaeduhaime). I'm a vegetarian and self-proclaimed hippie, and I love art of all forms (and that includes cooking)! I'm definitely a pizza afficionado, and I can tell you every amazing pizza place in my area and exactly what to order from them. I'm also probably one of the weirdest (but lovable) people you'll ever meet, according to my friends :)
My favorite things to cook
GUACAMOLE! (I found an AMAZING recipe for it in a vegetarian cookbook I own), stuffed mushrooms, grilled cheese (in a frying pan<3), an "easy quiche" recipe (which is really a faux quiche), and omelettes.
My favorite family cooking traditions
My mom makes the BEST split pea soup right after Thanksgiving. She also makes these amazing light and fluffy mint chocolate cookies that I keep forgetting to ask her the recipe of (I'll get it one day and share it with you all!! haha).
My cooking triumphs
My guacamole! It was my first time ever making the recipe, and I messed it up a little bit (used fresh avacados and wasn't able to squish them right, so it came out more chunky than pasty), but it turned out even more delicious than I ever could have imagined.
My cooking tragedies
When I was about 9, I tried to make eggs over medium (just the way I like them) before my parents woke up...I didn't burn the house down, but I was way too impatient, and also put the oven on low heat, so when the eggs didn't turn white, I gave up and just threw them out. haha