As A Child, There Were Many Foods And Drinks That I Didn't Care For At All. I Guess You Are Naturally Expected To Aquire The Taste For More Varieties Of Food As You Get Older Though, And This Is Where I Ran Into My Problem. I Eventually Ended Up Eating Broccoli Without Much Fight, But There Were Certain Foods Like The Artichoke That I Just Couldn't Force Myself To Like As Hard As I Tried.Since I Have So Many Strong Opinions About Foods It Surprised Many People In My Life When I Announced Without Hesitation That I Was Heading To Culinary Arts School Because I Wanted To Become A Gourmet Chef. None Of My Friends Or Family Members Knew Exactly How To Handle My Declaration. Some Laughed, Some Smiled, And A Few Congratulated Me And Said They Were Excited To See How I'd Thrive As A Chef. It Was Good To Know That At Least A Few People Were Behind Me In My Journey To Becoming A Chef. I Knew That Eventually I Would Need To Tackle The Artichoke And Other Foods That I Hated In Order To Really Be A Gourmet Chef.My Two Years In Culinary School Were Two Of The Hardest Yet Best Years Of My Life. I Completely Loved The Challenge That Each Day Of Class Was, And Don't Let Me Understate The Fact That Culinary School Really Was Challenging. If I Knew How Hard It Would Be, I Am Not Sure That I Would Have Entered School With Such Optimism In The First Place. But I Wanted To Learn How To Cook And So I Pressed On And Even Eventually Tackled My Dispise For The Artichoke.I Am A Chef And An Eater That Is Really Affected By Textures. I Always Have Been. So I Think That The Texture Of The Artichoke Turned Me Off To The Vegetable Long Before I Knew Whether Or Not I'd Like The Taste. It Is Frustrating How Much The Look Or The Texture Of A Food Can Turn People Off Without Tasting It First. For Example, I Have A Dear Friend That Will Not Eat An Orange Simply Because She Abhors The Color Orange.My Professors At The Culinary School Forces Me To Try My Hand At The Artichoke And I Quickly Discovered Not Only That The Texture Didn't Bother Me As Much As I Previously Thought, But I Also Learned That I Really Enjoyed The Taste Of The Artichoke In Many Dishes. It Fast Became One My Favorite Foods Both To Cook With And To Eat.
