Time to Finally Begin...

I first created this blog about... a year ago. It was a new year's resolution to finally start writing a blog for two distinct purposes: to practice writing and also to write about what I love most – food. So, why has it taken me a year to actually start writing? Two very different reasons: school and work have left little time for extra writing and, well to be honest, I'm reluctant.

But no more. This is the year when I shall finally start my blog.

Before I begin I must warn you... I am a horrible photographer – another reason why I put this off for so long. I look at all my favorite food blogs and drool over the wonderful photography. Maybe one day I will get there. But for now, I am using my good ol' iPhone or my trusty pink point-and-shoot.

Now that we've gotten that over with, maybe I should introduce myself.

My name is Abbie. I love food. I love cooking it, eating it, reading about it, writing about it, looking at it, and dreaming about it. From an early age I was in the kitchen cooking with my grandmothers. When I was nine or ten I started taking cooking classes and loved them. In 7th grade, I decided (with the persuasion of my mother) to teach my own cooking classes to younger kids in my small hometown of Anahuac, TX. So, starting that summer I taught a four-day cooking class to 2nd-4th graders. I had so much fun that I did about a dozen more in the next two years. Included were Christmas classes, Thanksgiving classes, and I even taught a class that paid tribute to Kermit the Frog titled "It's Not Easy Being Green" during which I taught youngsters (5-6 year olds) how to cook a bunch of green foods.

A few years later as a high-school Senior, I self-published my first cookbook (that makes it sound like I have published more than one... I haven't. But I hope to one day) about my family's one-year odyssey around the country. It's called Tastes of the States. You could try looking it up but it may be hard to find. In which case you can always email me for a copy! Hint hint...

Just kidding.

I am now finishing up with my Bachelor's at UT in Austin. I cook in my free time, read food blogs (I'll talk about my favorites in a later post) when I should be writing papers, and cater on some weekends with a nearby cafe.

Needless to say, my love of food has stuck with me and in the fall I will start attending classes at The Natural Epicurean to become trained in macrobiotic, vegetarian, ayurvedic, raw & living foods, and vegan cooking... or as I tell most people: "healthy cooking."

Until then, I will go to class, work, and spend as much time in the kitchen as possible and (hopefully) write about my Food Whims.

Abigail