I have always been fond of cooking since I was very young and it has now become a pastime I enjoy a lot especially when I have time to go all out on a big cooking project. My old staple dish for many years was pasta (cooked many times during university of course), but through self teaching and many youtube videos I have branched out into other cuisines.

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I have been fond of cooking since I was very young and it has now become a pastime I enjoy a lot, especially when I have time to go all out on a big cooking project. My old staple dish for many years was pasta (honed during university) but, through self teaching and many YouTube videos, I have branched out into other cuisines.

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I was a bit late to the sour dough bread making phase many people went through during the pandemic, but I caught up with the trends! I would typically bake a loaf a week, which led me down a path of cakes and other baked goods. It all tasted great, but was not the best for my waistline.

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I mostly learn about cooking from YouTube nowadays and, one day, I discovered how simple it was to make homemade pickles. These are now a staple in my fridge to add that extra kick of tangy sourness to nearly everything! I needed to slow down the production as I kept filling up the fridge with jars.

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When I have the time, I like to invest it in a big cooking project. Things like pizzas made from sourdough are a favourite in our house. I have also attempted to make cubanos from the movie 'Chef' (including my own home baked bread) and marinated whole chickens.

Games have always been a favourite pastime of mine. They became especially important to me since moving to China and during the pandemic as it allowed me to connect with friends who were far away.

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Since I was young, I have always been a Nintendo fan. I have owned nearly all of their systems since the SNES. I spent a lot of my childhood playing games with my brother at home and, when going to school on the bus, playing Mario Kart DS with a bunch of friends. Good times!

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Apart from Nintendo systems I did own an Xbox 360, but in recent years I have more or less fully adopted PC gaming. I even had a desktop built while I lived in China and managed to obtain a Nvidia RTX 3080 before they became hard to get. My PC has travelled around the world with me to where I am now in the British Isles.

I got into Podcasts as another way to connect with my partner when we were long distance. Soon after, they become a favourite way to pass time during my long commutes. Below is a list of some of my favourite regular pods, but I am always looking for more.

I've been an avid consumer of YouTube content since the early days of the platform, so much so that nowadays that I don't watch "regular" TV shows anymore. I also find it to be a great learning platform for many of my interests such as cooking, teaching and, more recently, software engineering. Below is a list of some of my favourite channels.