whasabi Profile

Here For: Some fool-proof baking and cooking techniques

Want to Learn How: Cupcakes, soups and stews, and what is a pot-roast???

Heard about BakeSpace From: ExcelPR

Occupation: Medical consultant and market researcher

Company: OrganicStartup

Industry: Hospital & Health Care

Associations: UCLA Medical Alumni Association California Alumni Association

Schools: University of California, Berkeley David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology

Degree(s): BA, MD

Cooker or Caker: Both

Bake/Cook Frequency: 1-5 times a week

Baking/Cooking Training: Spending time with my mom and dad in the kitchen

Favorite Food: Sushi...but as for cooked food: paella

Favorite Food Moment: Scrapping the soccarat off the bottom of the pan after devouring a good paella.

Favorite Cooking Word: Soccarat! (The toasty rice part at the bottom of paella).

Favoriate Restaurant: Changes all the time! Right now, Colori Kitchen in Downtown Los Angeles.

Favorite Chef: Mom and Dad...but for the public: Ina Garten...really simple and fresh dishes, good principles.

In My Town Try: Church and State in Downtown Los Angeles

Interests: Salsa (the dance, not the food), hunting down good food trucks, finding the perfect chocolate souffle cake, sleeping on the beach.

Languages: Spanish, Mandarin

Books: Eat, Pray, Love; The Fountainhead

Music: John Legend, Jason Mraz, Michael Jackson

TV/Movies: Up! Forrest Gump

Travel: Southeast Asia. For food: Berkeley, CA!

Clubs: Chez Panisse Foundation and the Edible Schoolyard