Do you? Because it's going to be delicious! This is my coined phrase between my husband and me. But I digress. I should start my first blog with a little introduction. Well...I have done it, I joined the food blogging craze. I have thought about this for a long time and have received some negative feed back such as "does the world really need another food blogger?" and my response was a loud, "YES". Everyone has a unique view on food, some positive, some negative, some obsessive and I hope that some people will find what I have to say and share with the world interesting and thought provoking.
I love food, I am crazy about food, I wake up thinking about what I want to make for dinner. Does this make me crazy...I don't think so....my husband--a little...foodie friends--no...non-foodies--YES. So where do you lie? For me (and my wonderful husband) food is at the center of our lives. I believe in organic and sustainable food that is locally produced. Yes, that is mouthful and beyond that it is a hard AND expensive way to live; however, it is my passion and what I truly believe in.
I was recently asked by my amazing Dad where did this passion for food stem from. My response, in short, was living in Florence, Italy during college. But now as I have thought about this question I think it goes farther back to childhood. My mother was resolute on feeding her children EVERYTHING organic, I mean we had no "real" cookies growing up, our cookies were the whole wheat Carrs crackers! That may sound nuts, and it probably was, but the bottom line is that my mother can really, really cook and that has changed my life. Besides childhood, I also think that throughout life you evolve and change by experiencing new things, places, and people and throughout mine I have welcomed all new ventures and have learned from all of them.
So to put it simply my passion for food came from my mother, was transformed in Italy, made it personally unique as a young adult, and continue to develop my passion for food as a woman who is married, lives in Colorado, owns a crazy puppy and is about to enter into the culinary world.
As for today, I would publish what I am going to cook for dinner, but alas my husband, Mike, is cooking. So homemade (including the dough) turkey and duck fat pot stickers with hoisin chicken thighs and oven baked brown rice will have to wait because Mike has designed a themed dinner (perhaps something with beer?). :-)
So another time you will read and see what I am making and thinking of for our culinary journey through life. As I always say, "want to know what's for dinner, because it is going to be delicious?" will have to wait until another day.
