Slowly separate eggs in two different bowls making sure not to get the egg yolk and egg white mixed up 

Not even a little bit 

Getting sugar and flour ready ohh also the vanilla extracts, and salt 

Make sure to whisk the flour and put it on the side

I’m going, to be honest with you as soon as I turn on my KitchenAid it gives me migraines 

But what can I do I want my homemade chocolate cake 

Allowing the mixer to beat the egg white as it starts to rise to add the sugar slowly 

As they mix together I add a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of vanilla extract

Slowly I added the egg yolk for it all to mix together 

At this point, the room is getting hotter from the oven as my migraine keeps getting worse

Finally, I turn off the mixer and add the flour and start to mix from the bottom to top 

Trying to keep the same movement so that it can rise beautifully 

Allowing it to cook for 35minuts to 40 minutes 

Checking it with a toothpick to see if it comes out clean if it does it finally done

Soft caramel Russian buttercream for the inside just taste absolutely delicious with some walnuts on top

Before I forget I did add some coffee to the top of my sponge to keep it moist before putting the cream

Now the fun part starts decorating the outside as I desire 

Sure chocolate cake itself is grate but putting in that extra time to decorate as I desire makes it even better 

Taking out the boxes under my kitchen table to decorate my cake 

Before I forget I need to have a crumb coat so that I can have a smooth cake with no crumbs peaking out 

I love using choosing  a cake scraper with a wave design 

Next, I heat up my scraper under hot water and go over the cake again to get a shiny smooth layer with no air bubbles 

Using my offset spatula I slowly smooth out the top making it as even as possible 

Putting the cake in the freezer I melt my chocolate ganache with some heavy cream 

Putting the ganache in a piping bag and letting it cool down 

Taking my cake back from the fridge I slowly drip the ganache around the cake holding a piping bag a little longer for a longer drip and less for a shorter drip 

After finishing I put that back in the fridge and start tempering some chocolate 

Annoying but gives the cake such a pretty look 

To temper, I melt some chocolate and then add little by little to get my need tempter according to that type of chocolate im using 

After that I let my tempered school cool off for a few minutes so it doesn’t melt off of my strawberries 

 Finally dipping in my strawberries and letting them set 

Taking out my cake from the fridge and putting the chocolate covered strawberries on top with some melted ganache so it doesn’t fall off

Finally time for some pictures and time to cut

When I was little shrimps never called my attention and I haded the thought of eating this creature from the ocean. As I started getting older, I had started to be more curious about food tasting and trying new things because I could not be a picky eater all my life. I had not liked shrimp, but the problem was that I’ve never tasted it. One day, I remember my mom making shrimp alfredo pasta and the smell of this food was heavenly. It was this day that I had wanted to stop being so picky and try to see what this shrimp was about. I took a bite and I felt like my taste buds were dancing in excitement. I then understood that in order for me to like certain foods I would have to actually have them. My love for shrimp has grown ever since.

For this food review I have decided to look at an article on the website, Healthline.com, where there is an article revolving around the topic of shrimps and how beneficial or bad they, are for you. I found this reading very interesting because it mainly spoke about the many effects it has on humans and I learned interesting things I had not known before about shrimps. The article states, “It is quite nutritious and provides high amounts of certain nutrients, such as iodine, that aren’t abundant in many other foods.” This was interesting to me because Shrimp is high in nutrients and this is beneficial to humans in the ways that other foods don’t really have this type of nutrients. There are also negative effects to eating shrimp. It says, “Many people fear foods that are high in cholesterol due to the belief that they increase the cholesterol in your blood, and thus promote heart disease.” These negative effects towards people with this health issue are not beneficial because they can make a person’s cholesterol rise higher and lead to other worst outcomes.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FqNEx17crMI

For my second media review, I decided to go on YouTube and explore what would come up when I would search for “trying out new foods” and I actually ended up coming across this very interesting video. This video really caught my attention because it involved children and prison foods. I believe that the name of the video would just catch anyone’s attention overall because children tend to be very honest with their opinion and especially getting their opinion on foods that are given in prisons all over the world. This sounded like something very interesting and entertaining to see. This video comes from a youtube channel called HiHo Kids which from what I got to see from a few of their videos they are mainly focused on children’s opinions on different foods.

I really enjoyed watching their reactions when they ate the foods and were asked where they would think the foods would come from because they would try to make the best guess but their guesses were not even close to the place where the foods were coming from. Being able to get children’s perspective on these types of foods was interesting because it gives them a viewpoint that in prison they won’t get to eat what they like nor eat how they are accustomed to eating because depending on the place that they are in things like table, spoons, forks, or just simple things like that, at some point are not so important to someone in another part of the world because it would not have much significance to them. But to us it does and those are very important things we need when it comes to eating, they are essentially significant to us.

I found it really cool as well to see different children of different ages get a view of what prisoners eat on their regular basis. They were able to get their different opinions of the foods and what they thought of them. They were able to speak their mind about these foods for example the foods that inmates are served in Australia they felt as if they were getting a good, real meal, that they actually liked. They considered that in Australia they serve inmates good foods and they are treated right so they can see that inmates deserve the right to be treated correctly and give them a second chance. But overall besides the Australian food, the other foods from other places they tried were very nasty to them.

Something that I found funny was the ending of the video because as children they will give their honest opinion in the way they feel about these foods and the last thing one of the children mentioned was going to a certain place in the world just for their jail foods. After all, he is a child and he did not mean what he said. He meant it in such an innocent way not like actually meant that he will be going to jail.

https://www.mindfood.com/article/baking-for-therapy-and-self-empowerment/#:~:text=By%20using%20baking%20as%20a,a%20subconscious%20form%20of%20therapy.

For my second Food Review I decided to review an article called “Baking for Therapy and Self Improvement” by Stephanie Panecasio. This article is an eye opening article that  encourages women to embrace baking as a hobby rather than dismiss it because it’s such an empowering and expressive process. For many years, Baking has been seen as a Traditional Feminine pursuit commonly tied with early memories of either Grandma and Mother baking cookies, cupcakes, Flan, and brownies. Many exclaim that these images fall far from the feminist point of view today. However, the baking process itself has been proven to benefit both mental health and Self-Empowerment in many women. 

For example, Baking is a beautiful hobby that is considered to be a deep individual personal experience for everyone. Women understand that the deserts themselves may never turn out the same for everyone  – just like everyone is different, deserts are very different as well depending on the hand making it. Thus each dessert is delicious in their very own unique way. By being so dedicated to this calming process with your full attention, the reward at the end is equal parts personal achievement, affirmation and deliciousness. The reposition from responsibility to hobby has allowed women to take back baking as a form of empowerment by using this process to grow their idea of themselves and the lovely skills they should be proud of. 

Moreover, Baking has shown to both benefit and improve mental health. For example, baking helps increase mindfulness, sensory, and satisfaction. Ultimately, Baking becomes a form of therapy for those who struggle with depression or mood disorders. Baking is a behavioral activation and focused activity that helps occupy the entire mind and body together. As stated in “The art of Mindful Baking” by Julia Posonby “The physical act of baking, the way that you knead bread for example, takes your mind out of the intellectual and connects you to your body”. Subconsciously, this  form of therapy helps redirect our thoughts to more positive ones. Many people are using baking as a stress and even anxiety reliever to focus on something other than anything that’s troubling them. 

While baking things like sourdough, you’re subconsciously allowing things to develop at their own pace and observing them. Thus, bakers began to realize that we sometimes can’t control every single thing that happens, but allows us to accept that things will happen when they are ready. A Lot of the time people are afraid of missing out and not having certain things. However, learning to slow down helps us become more aware and focused on ourselves. This can push us toward success and empowered independence. In other words, Taking back baking as a hobby is taking a “right direction toward Feminism” according to Posonby. Baking has been known as a worldwide housewife’s obligation to an empowering and mentally beneficial feminist pursuit. Here’s to taking our power back and owning it. 

• My research is on why fast food is so popular in today’s society. 
• For my creative remix, I plan on making a video experiment.I will compare what $8 can get you at a local supermarket, fast-food chain, and healthy restaurant. I’ll be analyzing 3 factors when comparing the three. The amount of food, time to prepare, and calories. 
• To do this video experiment, I will need to figure out which fast-food chain I’ll be visiting, and what groceries I’ll be buying for the meal. 
• A highly unlikely obstacle I might face is my video editing software rendering the video at 30 FPS instead of 60.

https://www.eater.com/22215718/how-birria-tacos-conquered-america

I was scrolling through TikTok when I landed on a video about Birra tacos. The oozing cheese from the tacos made me crave them. So I began searching for recipes and I came across this article. The article is called “The Great Birria Boom” and it is written by Bill Esparza in which he talks about the history behind the famous birria craze. 

He begins by describing the history of how birria tacos became a “thing”. Birria was created in Tijuana, Mexico. In the 1950s, Don Guadalupe Zárate, a taquero, a person who sells tacos, opened a street stand. He had recently moved to Tijuana from Coatzingo and started to sell birria de chivo tacos, which is goat meat in adobo. He realized that the goat meat was very lean and switched to beef. The meat was dry and would stick to the pot. So many suggested he add water and it became a spicy beef stew, better known as consomme. 

Esparza continues his article by discussing the journey of two Mexican-American men, Teddy Vasquez, and Omar Gonzalez. They met at a fair in Coatzingo, Puebla, and were introduced to the birria tacos. Years after they moved to Los Angeles. Omar’s cousin had recently opened a birria truck in L.A. and invited him to work along with him. In 2015 the Birrieria Gonzalez truck opened with a goal in mind, to bring a part of Mexico to their Raza. They began promoting the truck on social media, causing them to attract attention.  

Teddy became distant and personal problems caused him to fall. He moved back to Tijuana. Once he was back up on his feet he started working in a taco stand called Birrieria El Paisa. As he fell in love with the Tijuana-style birria tacos, he decided to move back to Los Angeles and start a truck of his own. With the help of his social media promotion, his truck, Teddy’s Red Tacos, became well known. José Moreno was a cook near these taco trucks and also fell in love with this dish. So much that when he moved to New York City, he opened a truck of his own, and with social media promotion it also blew up.

I find it so fascinating how social media had such a positive effect on the dish. It made the dish popular and made people from different cultures try it. In some eyes, the exposure of birria tacos gave the dish a negative impact. Those living in Tijuana would call Teddy and question him for the birria alterations because its traditional look and taste were slowly drifting away. Birria tacos have turned into food fusion dishes as cooks began to make birria pizza, birriamen, birria egg rolls, and even birria pho. Mixing different cultural foods with the infamous birria tacos. Personally, I believe this had a positive impact on Birria because people decided to try a food they might have not normally tried. It also allowed small businesses to bloom and become well known.

If you’ve ever tried Peruvian food, you know how delicious it is. What many don’t know about Peru is how it also offers a unique kind of cuisine. Introducing Nikkei, the marriage between Peruvian and Japanese ingredients and cooking styles.

Nikkei was originally a term that refers to Japanese immigrants around the world. Now, Nikkei most commonly refers to the fusion of both Japanese and Peruvian food. It all started back in 1899 when Japanese immigrants arrived on Peruvian land. Most of them were farmers in search of labor. During their stay, they ate the local food and adjusted to their new home. However, the immigrants started to long for food from their homeland. This led them to attempt recreating Japanese food with what Peru had to offer. With the lack of Japanese ingredients, they took advantage of the local produce and began making their food.

According to the video, Nikkei has no strict definition. This can be attributed back to how Japanese immigrants had to improvise with what was around. Originally, Nikkei was a domestic dish, meaning the food you would only find at home. Grandparents or mothers who would cook Nikkei food were not following a strict set of rules and made what came naturally to them. In the video, a chef explains how anyone could make Nikkei food because “there’s no one way to cook Nikkei food”.

I am fascinated with how Nikkei is executed. Despite not ever trying Nikkei food, how the chefs described their cooking and their reasons and how certain ingredients were mixed was intriguing. In the video, another chef explains how both Japanese and Peruvian ingredients go well together. For example, the chef claims that Peruvian chili peppers and Japanese soy sauce “are made for each other”. Additionally, he shows Nikkei ceviche, a traditional Peruvian dish but with Japanese influence. He shows the dish with ingredients you would not usually see in ceviche, such as ponzu sauce, dashi, and seaweed in tempura.

As someone of Peruvian descent, I find it incredibly interesting the history behind Nikkei food. Before learning about Nikkei, I had known about Chifa, which is Peruvian food mixed with Chinese ingredients. I have had plenty of experiences with Chifa and found it unique how two cultures could make something authentic. Like the creation of Nikkei, the start of Chifa was due to Chinese immigrants attempting to make their home cuisine in Peru. Learning about Nikkei reminded me of the fascination I had when first learning about Chifa. It also reminded me of how unique Peru is in terms of how culturally diverse the people are. Even the chefs claim to be fully Peruvian despite their Japanese features.

After seeing this video, I am open to trying Nikkei food. I also encourage everyone to look into Nikkei cuisine or other forms of fusion food with historical background and significance. Whether I try Nikkei in New York or Peru, I hope to taste the fantastic blend of two beautiful cultures.

Video :https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Y7NWC5jgM

Everyone likes to travel and we see many things while traveling, personally, my favorite thing to do when I get to a new place is go eat different foods or go to places I’ve heard are popular in that area. In the eight minute video 28 foods to eat in your life time 2021 ultimate list we see different places where they serve different foods that they recommend that we try out.

Looking at this video made my mouth water, the food looks absolutely delicious. With the information the video gave me I made a list of the places I wanna go eat once I am able to travel again. The first place they mention is Birrieria San Marcos tacos in LA those tacos sound super appetizing and I like how they explained that the meat is slowly cooked up to seven hours. Also in LA I would like to go to Monty’s Good Burger to try their plant based burger. Next it talks about Portillos in Chicago and its cake shake, to me that sounded unique and super delicious so it’s definitely on my list. Next item on my list are the ribs at Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B Que. I don’t really eat ribs but the one mentioned in the video sounded like they are worth making a stop at. The food served in Skyline Chilli, in Cincinnati also sounds like a place I would like to swing by and try the five ways. If I ever go to London I wish to try the full English breakfast at Terry’s café. If I were to go to Las Vegas it wouldn’t be to gamble but more likely to try the dessert cake tower at the Sugar Factory. Lastly in my list would be Ralph’s Italian Restaurant which according to the video it’s the oldest Italian restaurant in the country.

Some local places the video recommended and I wanna visit are Clinton St Baking co. The blueberry pancakes sound magnificent and I’m planning to go try them some time in the near future since it’s not that far. For a cool treat in the summer I would also like to stop at La Newyorkina to try their traditional Mexican style ice pops. I would also go try the classic sundae at Eddie’s sweet shop in Queens. Lastly I would also go try the Cronut at Dominique Ansel Bakery.

This video was short but gave lots of information about different places to eat and different foods to try. I suggest anyone who wants to learn more about these places or is looking for new places to go eat at should watch this video. I got to learn of new places I can go eat in that are in the city and do not require me to travel that far. I wonder if anyone else would make a list like mine, of places to go eat at, by using this video.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk011so6MUc

The animated youtube video called “Asian food” by Domics is a storytime video that recalls small memories Domics had when he was in elementary school. Domics has always been the type of person that would never last in one school for more than a year due to his father’s job of being a good engineering. He would move very often and it was hard for him to make friends. However, in this video, he specifically talks about when he used to live in Wyoming. Domics used to originally live in the Philippines where most people were well Filipino. Therefore, he wasn’t used to seeing people from different races. Which he mentions in his video he mentioned how he noticed that people looked and acted differently compared to him. One of the main differences he noticed was the food he used to bring. He noticed that the food he would bring would seem more like a meal since he would bring rice and adobo while other students would bring a Lunchable. He found it kinda funny that people would really get filled up by 2 crackers a slice of cheese and ham. He also mentioned that he began to feel weird when he brought his food. Since some of the food, he would bring would look like typical American treats and people would ask him for some. However, when they would try the food it would not taste like what they expected and they would say “ew” and spit out the food. 

I understand how Domics was feeling because I used to live in a predominantly white neighborhood. Which caused me to feel like I was different and I couldn’t fit in. The way I dress acted, and the things I ate were completely different. When I used to be younger my mom would pack me some rice with chicken. Although it wasn’t something completely different people would look at me weird because many would rather get the cafeteria food or McDonald’s. At the moment I felt like I could not really show my culture to others because I did not want them to judge me. However, as I grew older I went into more diverse schools. Where I still didn’t express myself but I knew that many people there were Mexican as well. It made me feel more secure especially when I would talk to them about similar experiences. 

I definitely recommend watching Domics videos when you want a distraction or you are bored of watching the same old cartoons. His animations have always been very relatable and he is quite funny dude. Therefore, check him out whenever you need a video to smile.

• For my Creative Remix I am planning on doing a video on making a gold desert.
• My research is on why edible gold is a luxury food and a food trend as well.
• I would need to buy edible gold online, find a famous edible gold recipe, and find a day to film and bake a desert.
• One possible obstacle that I could have is having trouble getting gold in time to film the video.