After much convincing from The Boyfriend, I've decided to give this food blogging thing a try. I mean, ask anyone who knows me to describe me, and I guarantee they will all mention something about my love for food and how much I love to share my passion for it with others, whether it be through sharing my food concoctions or answering random food trivia. So hopefully, this enthusiasm for all things food related and enjoyment of sharing it will equate to a brilliant recipe for what I hope will at least be a somewhat entertaining blog that can compare to the already existing sea of other food blogs. I've never written anything for public viewing before, so I'm going to start off simply, by giving a little background on my self and some insight on my love for food. So here goes...
I am a self proclaimed foodie. Although, I suppose all foodies are “self proclaimed” as I'm preeeetty sure there is no knighting ceremony of sorts that would dub you with that title. *side note – an image totally just popped into my head of someone being knighted with a giant ladle* And of course, I also love to cook, and have learned to do so through countless hours of Food Network watching. I don't know exactly when this love for food started, I do know that it's definitely grown in recent years. Having grown up with uncles that were professional chefs and being part of a family that owns a bakery, I've been surrounded by food all my life. I'm pretty sure, though, that the biggest influence on my fondness of food came from living on my own in the Bay Area. Not only did it get me to start cooking more, since I was fending for myself, but man...the food atmosphere in the bay area...AWESOME.
Living in the Bay Area opened up my eyes to a plethora of different types of foods, food trends, and just food culture in general. If I hadn't lived there, I would never have been introduced to the deliciousness of my good friends Chicken Tikka Masala or Pad See Ew. Since living there, however, I have discovered that the bay area has been given a bad rep for being this crazy hippy dippy town where everyone eats nothing but grass. While, I'm sure you'll be able to find people that indeed do just that, there is so much more to the eating habits of this eclectic area. Seriously, living in the bay area = Food Knowledge Overload. I thought I was ahead of the game knowing what a vegan was. Boy was I wrong...that is old news my friends. There's farmer's markets, natural and organic, gluten-free, locavores, sustainable, and for those grass eaters...there's that oh-so-lovely raw food craze. (all of which I hope to share my knowledge of at some point in this blog's lifetime) This just opened up an amazing new world that utterly drew me in and was compelled to explore. Which has now culminated into my ever-growing interest of any and everything food related...and, of course, this blog. This new found knowledge has also encouraged me to embark on food adventures as well as to commence food projects, which will all of course now be documented for your reading pleasure. So be on the look out for those in future posts!
