Hi.
This is this inauspicious beginning of my recorded journey through food, and life. Welcome.
There is no easy way to start a blog, so I'll jump right in. I want to record the stuff that goes on in my frenetic brain, day after day. I want to explain the journey we all take through food, through life, through the interactions these things cause. I want to coax out the interactions between food and people. I want to emphasize that it's not just about what's for dinner, it's about a rich tapestry of things that make humans unique among all other living beings, all of which must consume food to survive. Our relationships with food are deeper than most.
On multiple occasions, my father has remarked "eat to live, don't live to eat", as my mother, sister and I plot our next culinary adventure with glee. As a child I wondered what was so wrong with living to eat...I'm pretty sure I still don't know what is wrong with that. I now believe I know the answer to that question...nothing! (and as the beneficiary of my mother's cooking, I'm sure Dad really agrees).
I want to find ways to live and eat better. Recipes, my personal kitchen adventures, new places to eat, new ways to eat, I want to do it all. Hopefully as I find things to share, you will too.
Together, we make the world a better place to live and eat.
~Ellen
