PARAGRAPH WRITING: One of My Abilities
One of My Abilities There are two things that have allowed me to become a good cook. The first one is that I used to have a small home cooking business. Every day, my family and I would cook for more than 50 people with different preferences and make various dishes to keep our patrons happy. As a result, during the six years we ran the business, I developed the skills needed to prepare a wide variety of Peruvian appetizers, soups, and entrees. And since I was in charge of─among other things─buying the right ingredients to optimize the quality of the food we served, I learned a lot about cooking by regularly visiting the largest market in Lima, my city. Going to such a big market full of so many fresh products was like reading hundreds of recipes to get familiar with thousands of ingredients as part of a crash course in kitchen basics. On the other hand, my four sisters taught me a lot about cooking, too. When we worked together in our home cooking business, they would giv...