ntumlin

As a tech yuppie, spoiled by takeout and company food, I'm looking at eating a lot of fast food in the next 3+ weeks, but I'm starting to think that's not great and that being locked at home would be a good time to learn how to cook.

I've tried before, but my main hangup is knowing what to make and what to buy. Part of the hurdle is that I have no ingredients. If a recipe calls for a quarter of an onion and a dash of garlic powder, I end up with 3/4 of an onion and an almost full bottle of garlic powder. If anyone knows some recipes where I'll buy a reasonable amount of things and use all of it, I'd be all ears.

I've gotten more work this semester than I'd planned on and have a bit of money saved up, that I wouldn't mind spending part of on a vacation. I live in the southern US and have never been out of the country, so I think that would be a fun experience.

I've seen good things about Africa and Southeast Asia, but I doubt I can get any friends to put up the money to come with me, and I'm not sure I'd like to go there alone with no experience traveling.

I'm looking at going either over winter break (2nd week of December to 2nd week of January) or over spring break (2nd week of March).