Dreaming of the future...... With sugar on top..

Hello Friends!
My names Ariel Renee Fuentes <3
So I guess like every great blog I've ever read, the blogger starts out with some information about themselves.
I'm 23 years young and I love food. I have always had a fascination with cooking. When I was little I was far more interested in what it took to make tortillas instead of playing tag outside with my siblings. Ever since 3rd grade I was obsessed with watching culinary art shows on food network. Sara's Secrets was my absolute favorite! I enjoyed watching how she would take something ordinary and turn it into extraordinary. I kept up the different shows on the network and I fell in love with Anthony Bourdain! He was such an inspiration and he also had my dream job. Traveling the world and treating himself to the worlds best food and telling the world about it. If it's in the Lords will for me we'll see what happens in my life! I went throughout all of my high school years very upset because we didn't have a culinary art class as an elective. My principal informed me that it was simply because a few years ago they came to the conclusion that people go out to eat when they want a nice meal. My only question was, "Who will be cooking for the people who go out to eat if there are no culinarians in the world? " I decided then that going to culinary school was my best bet right after high school. I looked around so much and finally found a small school that was named after the KING OF CHEFS! Auguste Escoffier. He was the man that started it all in my opinion.
"This has always been our belief, cookery will evolve - as society itself does - without ever ceasing to be an art"
-Auguste Escoffier

Without a doubt, that will forever be one of my favorite quotes,
Escoffier's great grandson is the owner and founder of the great school i was able to attend.
It wasn't until i went to school and really started getting into the action of cooking that i had the type of respect as i do for every single chef that work exhausting hours day in and day out to put the most amazing dishes on the plates of many people. I also realized as i plated every dish that cooking in fact was an art, and forever will be one.
I quickly came to the conclusion that being a great chef at a restaurant was not gonna happen for me,
But it didn't stop me from realizing that i did belong somewhere in this industry.
I was always so interested in the types of foods and ingredients that each individual chef brought to the table.
"There always has to be a reason you place an ingredient on a dish.",  I remember my chef telling me.
Keeping that in mind I wasn't afraid to ask questions and discover just how Chefs came up with the finished product on a dish.
I know that food blogging is where I belong, and after graduating, I'm glad i was able to expand my knowledge about food a little more. What i love is that every person is unique, so when it comes to their food, you can expect it to be equally as unique as they are. So here I am, working 40 hours a week as a teller at Wells Fargo, hoping to turn my food blogging dreams into a reality. When I get the chance, I try to hit up as many restaurant as I possibly can and if its possible to meet with the chef, i'll do it! Food is forever changing, and I hope to be there every step of the way to bring my readers new and exciting ways to see food. After all, Food is the new black ;)

Till next time <3
Ariel Renee