The Objective

Food is a hobby for me. It is not just fuel. It can be art and it can be flavor. It can make my day and, many days, is the highlight. As with anything, you can't get better without practicing and reflection.

We don't always know how well a recipe or idea will turn out. In my opinion, cooking is as much about the experience as the food. Exploring techniques and ingredients makes our culinary experiences interesting. My expectation is to report on recipes I try. The collection of magazine recipes (Bon Appetit, Cooking Light, Everyday Food, etc.) and cookbooks has grown over the past several months without using any of them. I would be remiss if I did not give them the opportunity to wow me. That said, the objective of this blog is simple: to cook food -at least 1 recipe per week. The complexity of the recipes reviewed in this blog will range and, at times, seem completely random.

Although my objective is plain, I hope to change the pace now and then with adding a few "special features" related to food or food events.

I welcome your comments and critiques and hope you enjoy my experience as much as I do.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Year 1 Reflections and Year 2 Predictions

Just over a year ago, I had the "ambitious" goal of starting my own food blog. Not for profit and not for fame. Rather, I just wanted a reason to eat more GOOD food. Unfortunately, as with many new things, I pursue them fervently for a while -almost zealously- and then suddenly become bored and burned out.

This was an achievable goal, but I just couldn't stick with it. That said, I did enjoy my initial experience. Looking back on the posts I presented, I would say I appreciated some of the pictures I took far more than the actual recipes. Food presentation and/or styling has always been fascinating. My girlfriend appreciates a museum full of paintings, but I appreciate images of food...the colors, the contrast, the height and depth, it is edible art!

But I digress...

I plan to loosely continue my blog, posting interesting recipes and any beautiful pictures I can manage. The content will almost definitely stray from the original purpose but, hopefully, it will still give me a medium to express my passion and fascination with the things we eat, where it comes from, and how beautiful it can look.

I wish you all the food you might want this year. May it bring you peace, comfort, intrigue, and daring.
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