Hi all

[MartinW]

Hello, I am 43, married, a new dad, (my son is 9 months old) and an avid home cook. My wife is Chinese (from Shanghai originally), and so I am learning how to cook a lot of the dishes she misses from home. I enjoy cooking many different types of cuisines. However, my major area of interests right now are in learning to prepare dishes from various Asian cuisines (Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean and Japanese primarily), cooking the south German food of my youth (my mother came from Swabia),  learning more modernist techniques (besides pots, pans, knives and many standard kitchen tools such as a food processor and a stand mixer, I have an immersion circulator, a whipping siphon and a small collection of hydrocolloids and some transglutaminase, etc.) and preparing homemade baby food for my son. I was single until 2013 and live in a very small town (pop. 812), so eating well meant cooking for myself most of the time.  Now I prepare about 75% of the meals we eat at home, and my many years of cooking and being interested in food are coming in quite handy. I look forward to learning more from all of you and also contributing when I think it will be useful.

 

Martin

[Kim Shook]

Welcome, Martin!  And congratulations on becoming a dad!  Looking forward to your input here!

[Thanks for the Crepes]

Hey MartinW,

 

Welcome to eGullet!

 

There are several experienced and skilled Asian cooks on the board currently and a real wealth of information on the subject of Asian cooking, recipes, techniques and ingredients in the archives. This is also an excellent place to learn about modernist cuisine, so it looks like you've come to the right place.

 

I'm looking forward to your participation.

[Smithy]

Yes, welcome, MartinW!  With your interests, you should fit right in here.  Congratulations on the baby!

 

When you're cooking food that your wife misses, do you find elements of your Southern German food working its way into the dish?  I'm basically wondering whether there's an intersection between the two cuisines that makes for interesting fusion dishes, or you have to choose between to sides of the world for any given meal.  

[ngocbao]

Hi , I'm a new member . Nice to join