This is a blog about my culinary and cultural meanderings

Coming from a family that has always placed great importance and even reverence on food that we share, it was only natural that I would be persuing food and the tools, emotions and the memories that come with it. I am so lucky that my Mom while I was growing up in the 70's and early 80's would make most everything from scratch, partially because it stretched the family buget, but largly because she knew how to instinctively (thanks to my Grandma), and she wanted to controll the quality of what we ate.... bread, butter, pickles, home grown veggies, and on and on. I now consider myself spoiled being raised with such quality- back then it was all that my brother and I knew, my wonderful sister had yet to join us at that point. Looking back, I am truly thankful for that amazing food and the influence it has injected into my culinary awareness.

On top of the quality of ingredients, my Mom also broadened our flavor horizons by cooking Mexican, Chinese, Hawaiian, German and everything in between- it must have been a chore, and at times a gamble, but one that paid off in the long run. Because of her input my siblings and I don't have culinary blinders- everything is open to try. Deo gratias!

So this blog is my mental as well as culinary wanderings thru the wide and deep subject of the Culinary Globe, interjected with memories of family and friends.

So, Cheers! Here's to a life reflected in food!