Introduction

Recipe Successes & Disasters: Introduction

Recipe Successes & Disasters is written by 4 Macquarie University students who either procrastinate from studying by cooking or are willing to give procrastination via cooking a go!

We will be posting recipes, pictures of how the food is supposed to look and how it really turns out. We’ll review the recipe, make amendments or recommendations (if you wish to make the recipe yourself) and rate its difficulty level.

Each post one of us create a sweet or savory dish and seeing as our group is culturally diverse you can expect the food to be too.

We aim to come out with some recipe successes but if not you’ll be able to laugh at our disasters! 

We hope you enjoy our recipes and their stories, and hopefully we can inspire you to put down the textbook, close the laptop lid and focus on enjoying a simpler thing in life - food!

The Amateur Chef’s

Adelaide Dias (42863872)

I’m currently Commerce, majoring in Marketing and Commercial Law and this is my second year at Macquarie. Despite loving my course sometimes textbook readings aren't as motivating as icing on a cupcake! I love to make desserts and I often bake to get my friends and myself through the chaotic and full on semesters at university. Whilst desserts often look appealing and easy, there are so many things that could go wrong -so prepare for some recipe disasters!

Lisa Alhage (43267696)

I’ll be contributing to this blog with my fellow group members. I do have a hobby for cooking usually when I’m supposed to be studying, a sign that I’m procrastinating. I like cooking varieties of different cuisines depending on my taste for the day. I am surely not a professional chef so I do make mistakes. This blog is for us to share what we make and how we feel towards it; the taste, the mistakes and the successes.

Richelle Zhu (42719941)

My diet consists of mostly Asian food, as I grew up in China it's just a matter of habit. As a result, most of the dishes I make are Chinese, however lately I have taken on the challenge of making my own western dishes, despite my lack of experience in making western food there were cases of miraculous success at least according to my taste test volunteers. In my blog I will show you my favourite Chinese dishes as well as my brave attempt at fusion cuisine featuring the art of orient with the finest of the west. 

Chenxi Wang (42496497)

I have been studying in Australia for almost three years. Apart from studying, I have always enjoyed cooking and it is also a part of my daily life as I am an international exchange student. I learnt to cook at a young age from my mum and ever since then, I always enjoyed cooking and learning to cook various types of foods. Learning to make different sorts of soup is my favourite cooking skill. I do not consider myself as a professional in cooking, but I enjoy learning and trying out new things. Here I will share my soup cooking experience and recipe.

We look forward to sharing our successes and laughing off our disasters!