Cooking Adventures!!! chapter 1

Actually, I had wanted to write more about this topic when I first started this blog, but I am finding with everything else that I'm doing, that documenting the stuff that I cook to be the hardest.  Half the time I just want to make something quick, and the recipe I used gets somehow destroyed or thrown away in the process. Or maybe that's just an excuse of saying that I'm not a super good cook or I can't say with great confidence that I can produce great food (if it was architecture, I would say yes...).
I also want to point out that I don't really measure when I cook, like with exact cups or teaspoons.  I just read recipes on-line and kind of follow it.  Actually, if you want some of the resources I go to, I will post them at the end of this entry.
There are two places where I get groceries: Esselunga and Sidis.  Esselunga is like your big grocery market that has everything, which I would say is about 5 blocks away, 10 minute walk.  Sidis is your local deal with your essential items, which is like 2 minutes from me.  I usually try to alternate between the two, because even though I like getting things at Esselunga, the other one is just so much more convenient.

The image above is basically me experimenting cooking with wine.  The chicken I pan fried with a little bit of red chianti wine, which turned out even better than I expected. With just a little bit of tomato sauce, the richness of this dish really came out. Pretty simple to make, too. ^^

some useful links: 

http://www.italianchef.com/spedini.html

http://lacucinaitalianamagazine.com/

http://www.artofcookery.com/