Theo Tannahill's Senior Project

  This week, the theme for my cooking was from two books by David Chang, a famous Korean-American chef who founded Momofuku restaurant in New York. I tried to use mostly recipes from his two books, as well as look at other things we had made such as a few different tv shows.  Much as with last week, the focus was on culture and chef as well as the food itself. This was especially interesting, as Chang is much more socially outspoken than last week’s chef, Francis Mallman, as well as being a larger force in the American culinary scene. His show Ugly Delicious was especially interesting, and brought up interesting commentary about the social currents attached to many foods in the US, and the cultural meaning of certain dishes, some of which have massive amounts of importance in American culture. He also has some amazing recipes, all of which were much easier to understand and make than the ones from last week. This week was mostly successful, and I think a good amount of it was ...

My main goals for this project are to  1: Improve my tangible cooking skills 2: Focus on the process of creating a meal (Shopping, prep, cleaning, community) 3: Explore the foods of each region thoroughly and respectfully For my project, I am cooking foods from four different regions of the world, one each week. I am going to be improving my cooking ability, as well as finding dishes that I really enjoy cooking. It will also be really interesting to switch regions every week, giving me a bunch of time to do research and learn about each culture and region that I am cooking foods from. A big part of my project is also personal responsibility, as I will be shopping, preparing, and cleaning each time I cook. I want to be able to get into a nice rhythm with my cooking, and really feel as if I have accomplished something with tangible cooking skills. I’ve always been interested in cooking, and helped my family with big meals as well as cooked myself, but this will give me a ton of time ...