We all heard the question when we were kids: “Who do you want to be when you grow up?” I went through various phases including paleontologist and marine biologist. But now (arguably) I am grown up. If someone were to ask me what I am, what would my answer be? What would your answer be?
During the day I am a baker scientist. I love research. Despite the sometimes boring, often repetitive tasks associated with biomedical research, the questions you can answer are important, interesting, potentially life-changing. Inevitably, one answer leads to another question. Sometimes you end up answering questions you didn’t even consider at the beginning. I often wish I had a team to answer the questions I think of on the side and don’t have time to fully investigate myself. Sometimes I bring in some baked goods that I made the night before and people appreciate it. Sometimes I make someone a birthday cake. Baker scientist.
In the evening and on the weekends I am a scientist baker. I can’t wait to get into the kitchen and get my hands dirty. I read food magazines, food blogs. I cook, we eat. I come up with (sometimes) crazy ideas and try to put them into practice. Most of the time I try and use the scientific method. Start with a base recipe that I know works, hypothesize what ingredients I should change based on ratios, test, and repeat! Like this roasted white chocolate lava cake or this cherry bourbon manhattan. Thankfully the testing is (usually) delicious. Scientist baker.
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