When I was a little girl I always wanted to be an artist. For Christmas' and Birthdays, I would always ask for art supplies, a new art set, a new pack of crayons, anything that I could draw or color with. I always said I wanted to be an artist. When Toy Story 2 came out, my sister would always make fun of me at the part where Prospector Pete and the Barbie Doll are in the backpack and Barbie says, "You'll love Amy, she's an artist". My sister would say, "You'll love Andria, she's an artist"!
I had this plan so ingrained into my head that I still to this day want to be an artist. As I grew older I realized that I am very creative but not very good at the normal mediums of art, I've tried drawing, painting, and oil pastels. I liked what I did and had fun doing it but it was very beginners work. I've tried ceramics and photography but I am absolutely in love with baking. I believe that baking is a medium of art all its own, you have to know what your doing in order to get the right outcome. You have to know what goes together and what an ingredient does to the recipe.
For the last few years I have known that I want to go into baking, I have researched recipes and techniques. I would watch the Food Network or the Cooking Channel and take notes. I am always looking through cookbooks or magazines looking for new things to try and taste.
I have a grandmother who was a wonderful cook and she loved to bake. I inherited her cookie press, cookie jar, and her decorators bags and tips. I was so excited I cried. These were definitely the best things I could have gotten. I will always remember her as I bake.
This May, I am graduating from Salt Lake Community College. This fall I would like to go to the culinary school nearby and get into the baking/pastry program. I am scared but so excited to get started on my dream of becoming a baker.
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