Talking About Food

I have decided to start a little blog for myself. I have discovered a few new foods recently, and it made me realize that I have been in a rut. A food rut. It happens to all of us, I assume, that after a while, we just end up cooking the same things in the same ways over and over again. Even 'new' foods get thrown into our repertoire in a very familiar way. Same spices, same cooking methods, same ol' same ol'.

I want to stop that cycle. I decided tonite that I am going to purposefully go out and find new foods, and new ways of cooking them. Spices, veggies, wines, cheeses, whatever. And, I thought, why not blog about them? It will be a nice record of what I am doing, what I like, what I don't, what is a failure, and what is a success.

My favorite food, by a landslide, is cheese. I can't even say what specific cheese, or even what type of cheese, or even what type of milk I prefer in my cheese. I love almost all cheese I have ever come across. Since moving to the Denver area, a cheese shop called The Truffle has quickly and easily become my favorite place to shop. Also, I received a wonderful little book about cheese and wine from my sister for Christmas. Despite a life-long love of cheese, these sorts of things have opened my eyes to a bounty of new cheeses. There will be much about cheese in this blog.

I'm not a chef, but I do love to cook, and I really love to eat. Much of what I say may sound amateurish or even stupid. I don't know all the correct terminology, and something that is new to me may be old hat to many cooks. This is not meant to be anything but a casual journal of my experiences with food. I expect to broaden my food horizons, and hopefully learn some things along the way. Enjoy, and Bon Apetit!