SWFans Cooking Club Roll Call

[Katchen]

I figure it's time for a quick who's who of the cooks around here.

Name: Iron Chef Katchen (okay, not really. I'm just a cook. :D)
Years Cooking: 9
Signature Cuisine(s): Thai, Szechwan
Favorite Cooking Vessel: My Wok

Feel free to add more things. That's all I can think of right now.

[Braden Bailey]

Name: Might as well just call me D, or Billy D
Years Cooking: 5 (Became a Sous Chef at 4 years)
Signature Cuisine: Southern Style Cuisine and Seafood

[Charley]

Name: Charley or Chuck, whichever
Years Cooking: In total? 15? Seriously cooking? Maybe three.
Signature Cuisines: Italian and Indian
Favorite cooking vessel: My cuisinart 3 quart saute pan
Favorite knife: My Isbjorn Santoku
Top three overused ingredients: Rosemary, truffle oil, fenugreek

[Wyl Staedtler]

Name: Liz
Years Cooking: Fifteen, out of necessity; only the last six or seven out of love.
Signature Cuisines: South African
Favorite cooking vessel: Stone oven.
Favorite knife: Eh. Whatever's sharp.
Top three overused ingredients: Curry powder, garlic, avocado
What would you like to learn: I remember being blown away by the tender, delicate way the food in southern France melted in your mouth - completely opposite from the bold, in-your-face flavours of my childhood. I'd love to pick up some skills from that region.

[Ilias Nytrau]

Name: Kaman
Years Cooking: In reality, probably only five to seven years.
Signature Cuisines: Breakfast. I love making breakfast.
Favorite cooking vessel: Cast Iron Frying Pan.
Favorite knife: The biggest, sharpest knife I can get my hands on.
Top three overused ingredients: Garlic, Cilantro, Lemons
What would you like to learn: How to get my kid to eat her vegetables without having to hide them. |I

[Nya Halcyon]

Name: Mara
Years Cooking: Twenty, but only the last twelve with any regularity
Signature Cuisines: European
Favorite cooking vessel: dutch oven
Favorite knife: Whatever's sharp.
Top three overused ingredients: Garlic, stock cubes, nutmeg.
What would you like to learn: How to de-bone fish properly.

[Mandy with an I]

Name: Mandi
Years Cooking: A couple of months? XD I bake more than I cook, honestly.
Signature Cuisines: I cook a lot of chicken for some reason
Favorite knife: My cheapy Chefs knife
What would you like to learn: Everything? I'm the cooking newbie!

[Ryan Pode]

Name: Josh
Years Cooking: 2
Signature Cuisines: Turning anything into a pizza
Favorite cooking vessel: Currently my oven, soon to be my grill
Favorite knife: Whatever's sharp.
Top three overused ingredients: Cheese, Old bay, chicken
What would you like to learn: How to make handle eggs

[Khendon Sevon]

Name: Andrew
Years Cooking: 1 1/2 but I grew up in restaurants and diners (literally, as my family owns a mess of them)
Signature Cuisines: French, Greek
Favorite Cooking Vessel: Cuisineart stainless steel sauté pan
Favorite knife: My only knife, really... my WÜSTHOF chef's knife
Top Three Overused Ingredients: Garlic, oregano, olive oil
Least Used Ingredient: Butter (which contradicts the whole French thing... I know)
What would you like to learn: Everything and then some :) Baking bread is the next thing I'm starting.

[Hobgoblin]

Name: Brian
Years Cooking: Off and on for 7 years to feed myself, but only 6 months with dedication to learning new things.
Signature Cuisines: Don't have one yet.
Favorite cooking vessel: My mini frying pan and my baking pan!
Favorite knife: The second one from the right; my vegetable chopper. :D
Top three overused ingredients: ground beef, salmon, green peppers
Least used ingredient: Fruit! And it makes me sad!
What would you like to learn: Anything! Everything! Though of particular interest at the moment is picking up a few Asian-style cooking techniques. Asian dishes tend to be fast to make, require a lot of veggies, and be fun to prepare from what I've seen.