A Very Good Place to Start

I've decided that I'm gonna try and be legit about this blogging business. So here's a introduction for those who haven't been following my previous blog.

Hello! I'm Mel, and I'm a college senior, and theatre is my major! Therefore, theatre is my life. But food is my hobby! I must admit that I didn't start getting really into food and cooking until we got Food Network in my house, so around my senior year of high school. Up until that point I could make an awesome Maruchan Ramen bowl and bake a great Betty Crocker cake! Now I've gotten older, lived on my own, and traveled to many a foreign country I've learned to appreciate great food and great cooking. I was fortunate enough to grow up in a family that believed in eating around a dinner table with no tv on, and my mom is great cook. Together, we are hungry foodies with unfortunately small stomachs. Seriously. We can't eat that much, try as we might.

I started this blog as a way to keep track of my favorite things that I make. While I've started a recipe collection and I have two cookbooks that I love, I also have things that I make-up. Like multitudes of smoothie recipes, sandwiches, and my fabulous hummus that I have never bothered to measure out. But now's the chance! Here's where I will record recipes, tips and tricks, anecdotes of my travels and hopefully entertaining tidbits.

There'll be lots of smoothie recipes. For sure. I'm a college student who lived in a dorm for 3 years. My faux magic bullet was my best friend. But now I have an apartment with a kitchen that I plan on making full use of!

My Food Manifesto: I believe in fresh, healthy, good quality food, and farmers markets. I believe in lots of butter, cheese, lard, and oil (when necessary.)I believe in local cafes, not Starbucks. I believe in sugar, not high fructose corn syrup or Splenda. I believe in coffee that taste like coffee, not cream. I believe in beer that taste like hops, not water. And I believe in sashimi and tuna rolls, not California rolls and fusion sushi.

So let the fun begin with my first real food report: my attempt at making Blood Orange Marmalade!