First Post

Why a blog? Why not?  It seems to me that a blog is the 21st century equivalent to a journal or diary, which I wrote in religiously throughout high school and college. The only difference is that with a blog(with any luck), people might actually read it! Writing about food is easy.

I went to the California Culinary Academy in San Franciso after college. When you get a degree in English (thesis:  Black American Dialects...now known as Eubonics), the natural step is back to school to get some kind of useful skill. After graduating from the CCA,  I immediately left for England  with $500 and a one way ticket, my dad, done with financing my "education", told me I could stay in England until the $500 ran out. I lived and worked in a pub, a French restaurant, a wine bar across from St. Paul's Cathedral and a catering company in Wimbledon, which catered events in amazing places all over London, including Lambeth Palace, The British Museum and several Guild Halls. I called my dad for the other half of the plane ticket a year and a half  later. While the idea of being a "chef" is interesting, the reality is that very few people make it and that graduating from a cooking school only makes you a pretty well trained peon. The hours stink. (Think...holidays...Christmas Eve...Mother's Day)
So back to school for a teaching degree, (Think...180 days of work a year...summers off...2 weeks at Christmas...decent hours) which is what I do for a living.
BUT... my friends know that if I like something or find something I like, they are bound to have to either taste it, try it, buy it, read it or cook it!