I was certainly never easy to feed as a child. To put it very mildly, I was a picky eater. I wouldn't (and still won't) eat eggs by themselves or most kinds of cheese, as well as a wide variety of other types of food. My horizons have broadened considerably on a lot of fronts, but one on which they haven't is that of the most dreaded food group of all: Vegetables.
It's a cliche almost, but for much of my life, I've found most vegetables virtually inedible. Only through a force of will have I forced myself to learn to enjoy a basic salad and green beans. But there's a wide world of veggies I either always steer clear of or just have never tried. This past year, my appreciation of food has grown and I've been trying to push myself to try new things. My internship with Epicurious this summer required me to look through a lot of recipes, articles, and technique videos, and I came to the realization that there are a multitude of flavors I've never experienced, flavors that are all essentially at my fingertips.
So I'm issuing myself a challenge: to try (or give a second chance to) one vegetable every week, until I crack or until I run out of different vegetables. I'm notoriously bad at following through on this kind of thing, but I think this one's pretty feasible. I'll put photos of how I prepared the vegetable and my thoughts on it up her afterwards.
Hopefully I'll discover there are a lot of things I've never tried that I actually like. At the very least, I'll be more informed and broaden my palette. Stay tuned.
It's a cliche almost, but for much of my life, I've found most vegetables virtually inedible. Only through a force of will have I forced myself to learn to enjoy a basic salad and green beans. But there's a wide world of veggies I either always steer clear of or just have never tried. This past year, my appreciation of food has grown and I've been trying to push myself to try new things. My internship with Epicurious this summer required me to look through a lot of recipes, articles, and technique videos, and I came to the realization that there are a multitude of flavors I've never experienced, flavors that are all essentially at my fingertips.
So I'm issuing myself a challenge: to try (or give a second chance to) one vegetable every week, until I crack or until I run out of different vegetables. I'm notoriously bad at following through on this kind of thing, but I think this one's pretty feasible. I'll put photos of how I prepared the vegetable and my thoughts on it up her afterwards.
Hopefully I'll discover there are a lot of things I've never tried that I actually like. At the very least, I'll be more informed and broaden my palette. Stay tuned.
I love your veggie-of-the-week entries! I've had an intense dislike of vegetables all my life and I'm...well you know how old I am... I can hardly wait for the next veggie!