Life List

I keep thinking about all the things I want to do, and with a whole list to keep track of I figured I’d put them in one place and keep track of them, adding to it whenever inspiration strikes.
Rear my own hens for eggs and goats for milk and cheese.
Eat at Chez Panisse.
Study at Le Cordon Bleu. (won two scholarships: Paris – March 2011, London – June 2011)
Live in France. (September 2011 – present)
Go back to NYC and eat at Doughnut Plant, Baked and Little Owl.
Eat at Ottolenghi in London. (August 2011)
Learn to make cheese in Auroville.
Learn to make good bread in Germany.
Eat my way through the far east: South Korea, Japan, Malaysia (July 2011), Vietnam and Cambodia.
Photograph chilli fields in Andhra Pradesh, tea plantations in Darjeeling, spice gardens in Kerala, cinnamon plantation in Sri Lanka, mangoes in Devnagiri and strawberries in Mahableshwar.
Roast a big, fat turkey.
Build myself a wood fired oven as well as a tandoor oven.
Grind my own meat at home.
Learn to make sausages, both fresh and cured.
Curate  family recipes.
Travel the coast of India and eat all the seafood along it. Inspired by Following Fish.
Learn to make the perfect tagine in Morocco.
Live in Italy through all the seasons and ride a sky blue Vespa through the narrow streets.
Cook a goat in the ground in Rajasthan.
Go back home and travel the country – eat, explore and learn.
Work at organic farms.
Win the Julia Child research scholarship.