Baking Vs. Cooking

Today someone said to me, "I love to bake, but I don't really enjoy cooking." It took me a second to process because it seemed like the two words mean the same thing, but now I see the obvious difference. Cooking is about real dinner, lunch or sometimes breakfast foods. Usually, it has more of a savory taste. For example, these vegetable spring rolls from For The Love of Cooking. YUM I love Chinese food. I will be making these sometime sooooon.


Baking is for sweet things, and is usually dessert! I am not much of a cooker or a baker, but I have mastered some delicious sugared puffs from Eat Make Read. They sound hard but they're so easy! I feel so accomplished knowing that I have successfully baked something that did not come out of a box. That picture is an actual depiction of one of my own sugared puffs.

So, in conclusion, although I do enjoy both savory and sweet foods, I am definitely a baker. When your food is prettier as desserts often are, the process of making the food is definitely more enjoyable. I could change my mind though when I start having to cook for myself ... but I prefer not to think about that.