The beginning of the beginning...

So, I love food. Thats why I'm writing this blog. I have loved food since I could eat it, and have been cooking since I could reach the counter on a step stool. For me, like anything, cooking has been all about trail and error...lots of trials, and even more errors. Through all my years of cooking I (along with various cook books, show, etc.) have taught myself so much and learned most of all about my unquestionable passion for food. Food is not only for the human body to thrive, it is for your soul to thrive, a tool for creativity, a centerpiece for the gathering of friends and family,  and most of all it is a universal entity. Everyone eats, everyone tastes, and at one point or another in ones life, he cooks.

When I am in my kitchen, pondering over what I will cook for dinner that night, I never think about a mediocre meal; although I sometimes opt for one. I always want to create something that will satisfy my tummy and my taste buds...and even my eyeballs. Food is a portal to peace for me. Its like when I'm holding that knife and chopping, slicing, dicing or whatever the technique, I'm only hearing the cripisness of an apple, feeling the density of a cheese, smelling the citrusy juices of a lime or admiring the beautiful color of a red bell pepper. Every part of me and every sense I have are absorbing every factor of the food of which I am manipulating. The end goal, of course, being a beautiful, tasty, satisfying meal. But lately, I'd say for the past few years my passion and love for food has grown more and more. I am now on a quest to be a master. A master of food!! I know this will be hard to achieve and take close to forever but its not about being there, its about the getting there. I can't imagine ending up in a profession for the rest of my life that didn't involve food. If you know me you already know of this fetish for food that I find myself having.

Well I think that this should do for a first blog entry. I hope that you (my hypothetical reader) look forward to reading about my mad love for food and the ways that I show it affection by artfully construing them into luscious meals for myself and my loved ones. I will share recipes, techniques, tips and more glorified food stories...and I look forward to sharing them with you! Au Revoir!