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Hi, I'm Israel!

I don't have any ties to cooking, nor do I even consider myself a Chef. Anymore at least... my past college self might have said otherwise.

During and just after college, my biology friend and I participated in a cooking competition that made our friends laugh at us because we could not cook professionally. Despite our efforts, we still made some costly mistakes that compromised our food.


We always find cooking interesting to us even though none of us were able to cook without a mistake.

Not all men can cook, especially my Dad but I had a few cooking Ideas from my Mother cause her cooking tastes great and also my senior sister who finds cooking as a hobby.

In fact, my family live just a mile from a big restaurant and my great grandfather lived just 5 blocks away which made me to be so curious to learn how to cook.


But still, why start a food blog?


The Origin Of Foodiverse


Foodiverse is a blog that is not all about cooking but also a blog that advices on what to eat and what not to eat for our body to stay healthy in our daily living.


Food is a material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy which also have great benefits:


BENEFIT 1 : IT IS A GOOD STRESS RELIEVER

I don’t know about you, but at work, I usually spend my time working in front of a computer all day long with stressful clients sometimes so when I go back home, I can feel mentally drained and exhausted.


That is why I need something to clear my head. Cooking is definitely the activity that will help me get rid of the tension or the stress built up. When you cook, you need to get your hands dirty, you do something more physical, which really helps you to break up the routine of your day and kick your mental exhaustion.


This is indeed an activity that will require your whole attention. When you weigh the butter or sugar, or when you whisk the eggs, you get calmer. I would even say cooking can have that meditative or soothing quality because you get to slow down and focus.


I can guarantee you that at the end, when you get your end product (for me it was mostly breads, cakes etc..) you feel much more serene and relaxed. And the good thing is that you can then enjoy the food you prepared with your family or friends.


BENEFIT 2: IT CAN MAKE YOU A HAPPIER PERSON

In fact, this goes beyond your stress issue. Studies have shown that cooking can really be a therapeutically activity. Even just baking cupcakes or something simple has shown to improve an individual’s mindset.


The reason is simple: when you cook, you stimulate your senses. The feel of the new flour you bought at the market, the smell of those fresh strawberries, the sound of the whisk beating, all those things can stimulate your senses, which contributes to get more endorphins, those feel good hormones that put a smile on your face.


The other reason is that when you focus on the present moment, on your ingredients, you cannot ruminate over your problems; you have to leave them aside (even if for a few minutes). This really helps you be more emotionally stronger and as a result, happier in general.


BENEFIT 3: IT CAN BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE

Besides, if you think of it, you spend hours baking a cake, getting the measurements of each ingredient exactly right, and preparing your icing to decorate it.


          SUMMARY

Now with Foodiverse, I have a place where I can freely blog about food. Whether that's writing about a cooking recipe i created, or who knows, maybe I'll try to cook again and I can write about that. I always did have this daydream of opening my own Massive Eatery Spot one day...


Dedicated to 

              My Dad Rev. Song Ishaku

              My Mother Helen Song

              My Sister Becky Song

Cheers!


-Israel

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