cooking adventures

i am not a good cook but i love to eat. but ever since i got married, i took it upon myself to learn how to cook. i try as much as i can to cook and serve good food to my family. i read food blogs and watch cook shows a lot so as to expand my knowledge and to overcome my fear in cooking hehehe.
and so whenever i cook i always have a "kodigo" with me, be it a recipe book, a downloaded recipe, or just a scribbled note. sayang nga i wansn't able to take note of the recipes of my late lola, who used to cook for us. i could have passed on her legacy of great dishes to my kids pero i was just to lazy to cook when i was still single. i think si kuya ata ang nakamana ng galing sa pagluluto ni lola! :)
some of her dishes that i really love are: kare-kare, rellenong bangus, ginisang pusit, mechado, pickles (parang afritadang manok but tastes sweeter). i remember i used to ask her how to cook those dishes and she would readily enumerate the procedures and she knows it by heart!
and so based from what i remember, i tried cooking kare-kare, ginisang pusit and mechado, but mine does not come close to her version (either mine is maalat or matabang, soupy or malapot, basta extremes!)
but practice makes perfect. i hope someday i could do justice to her well-loved dishes :)
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my most frequently visited (or should i say fave) sites: pinoycook, my great food, and nestle. sometimes i do visit quickfire and ajinomoto (for ka-touque's recipes) sites.