CookingWithoutLooking
Tasting, touching, smelling and hearing the world together. I'll leave the looking to you.
Welcome Lookers! Here is what you are going to see; A little experimentation, a whole lot of learning, delicious food made from scratch, a blind lady stabbing things with needles, bad decisions made in video games, some sass, one of the most supportive communities you can find on twitch and a giggle fit or two. Plus, whatever else catches my fancy in the future :P Come join my merry band of Blindlings and let the weirdness begin!
FAQ
FAQ:
Q: Are you completely blind?
A: Yes, I am considered completely blind. I have a degenerative genetic condition called RP (Retinitis Pigmentosa) and lost my sight over time. I currently have the slightest bit of light perception but it is not useful in any way. Feel free to ask further questions in chat.
Q: How long have you been cooking?
A: I really only got serious about cooking in 2018. before that I can only claim to have heated food up occasionally.
Q: What got you into cooking?
A:I, like many other Americans, had a horrible diet. And every reason to believe I was a terrible cook. And then I got ill. Then I got more ill. and eventually I was spending more time in bed or in pain than being an active participant in my life. After many years of specialists and multiple diagnoses, I did something drastic: I decided to start eating better. I went hard-core mode and stripped my diet to chicken and green veggies and only ate what I prepared myself. Over time, I started adding things in bit by bit to allow my body to adjust and decide what it could handle. These choices changed my life in ways I never imagined. And with each year my love for food, life and learning has grown.
Q: What got you into streaming?
A: A dear friend named Contracrostics did. He was my greatest support along this journey. He saw what I was doing and what I had to say as being important and so he made it his mission to find a way to give me a platform to share it. He is absolutely the reason this stream exists.
Q: Are you married / do you have a boy/girlfriend?
A: I generally have not found it in my best interest to discuss my romantic life on stream. You’ll have to be satisfied with me being a woman of mystery.
Q: What is your favorite _____?
A: AAAHHHH! I have no idea. I love too many things. please don’t make my brain melt.
Q: How do you read chat?
A: I have a TTS program called NVDA. It is a fantastic free and open source program that is a great resource for the. blind. I can turn it on and let you hear a bit if you ask.
Q: Do you cut or burn yourself a lot?
A: According to viewers, I do it less often than sighted people.
I would like to shout out to those of you who have made this stream possible.
###[Contracrostics](https://www.twitch.tv/contracrostics)
For more than words can express
###[Katt's Kitchen](https://www.twitch.tv/kattskitchen)
For channel graphics, logo, streaming advice, technical equipment and just for being an amazing woman. Thank you Katt.
###[Loomy](https://www.twitch.tv/xl00myx)
###[Izzy](https://www.twitch.tv/AFlatIzzyUwu)
###[Uglie](https://www.twitch.tv/Uglie)
###Gravini
These lovely humans designed our fabulous channel emotes. Thank you so much to all of you.
###WhiteDove160
This beautiful woman has helped build the computer I stream on and financed many of our meals over the years. You are a gift Dovie.
The computer, mics
###Sheffe
###VellaDonna
###FizzyIzzyUwu
###WhiteDove160
###[Contracrostics](https://www.twitch.tv/contracrostics)
###[Openset](https://www.twitch.tv/Openset)
This is my team of mods. You are truly the back bone of this stream guys. Thank you for all your hard work.
###Wolfe_Ohara
For answering all my middle of the night food queries. And understanding the way my brain bees communicate.