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How I hope to feed you.

7/29/2013

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Today marks the beginning of the rest of my life. So silly, I know!

I’ve heard that so many times before, and for some reason today it - again - seems appropriate. My hands are literally shaking as I type this. 

THIS: my first blog post!

I had grand plans of a calendar of posts, pre-written, photographs all beautifully prepared and edited. You know...the intent to launch something that I expect to be PERFECT from the start. Like stepping out of college into a 100k salaried job that only requires you to work 3 days a week and know exactly what you’re doing.

I feel that sense of pressure from myself right now, which is exactly why I’m here pouring my heart out to the internet. I would never treat any other aspect of my life this way. By god, this blog is about FOOD, the easiest thing to fuck up! But that alone is exactly why I love to cook. 

To me, cooking is about the process. It’s about having so many options, so many ways to do “one” thing, and just doing it. I love when I find myself just throwing something together that is almost identical to so many other meals I've created...except for that one thing. That one vegetable, that one oil, an extra pinch of salt, or a slight char that I left off last time. That one thing that makes it an entirely new dish. So delicious. So new. Every time.

People and words are the exact same way. We’re all one in a million (eight million?), and yet we’re all so similar.

I feel so blessed in my life to have the people around me that I do. Today, coffee with a new friend, technically one of my “customers.” We shot the shit, learning a little more about each others’ professional backgrounds, etc, all to discover that we both are obsessively OCD about white t-shirts. The world’s most simple article of clothing that we are more particular about than most ladies are about their hair. And this point led us to the conclusion that yes, yes indeed we were separated at birth. But beyond this connection, my new friend inspired me to launch this blog today. I sat down at my computer, opened up weebly.com, and just...did it. I love that! She’ll be getting some vegan cookies from me soon.

I can only hope that in some weird way this blog - my fun little side-project (as if I’m not busy enough already) - can inspire you to try something that scares the shit out of you. Sure, I plan to post pretty pictures of food. (Luckily for you, you’ll never know when the beauty of the photos doesn’t match the taste. Hehehe.) I plan to share my recipes and things that inspire me, but this is because, well, it’s MY blog! But food doesn’t “inspire” everyone. It just looks pretty (or not) and tastes good (or not) and to some, it’s just something they have to consume to stay alive. (Gasp!)

Whatever your “food” is, though, I want to know what you’re doing. And I want to learn what inspires you the way the people in my life push me, so lovingly, to do the things that scare me. Like starting this freaking blog!

Ciao, bella.

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Tammy
7/29/2013 06:13:37 am

Excellent. The journey of a thousand miles...

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Amber
7/30/2013 12:20:56 pm

Congrats! I can't wait to hear about all of your cooking adventures. I know it will be great! Everything I've seen you post on Facebook looks delicious. ;) I'm still craving your home fries, by the way!

A recent cooking "scare" I've had was when we had our recent 3 year anniversary at Luna's, I wanted to contribute some sort of deliciousness to bring to our potluck celebration. Bringing a dish is not my usual thing. I can cook, I just don't get into it all of the time. So ever since I started learning more ways to prepare desserts, I decided to make a vegan Nutella kind of thing. Long story short, I juggled between two recipes and created my own concoction. It didn't taste like Nutella and I honestly didn't like it! Haha. It was a coconut, hazelnut and cacao spread and I thought it was too coconutty (if that's a word) and had a grainy texture. The hubs (aka "the chef" around our house) insisted it was good, so I brought it anyway. I was really nervous and just threw it on the table (along with some fruit) and ran away... At the end of the night, everyone seemed to enjoy it (and of course the rest of the food was amazing!). It was such a small creation, but it was a big deal to me! I've made more complex recipes in my day, but sometimes just the pressure you put on yourself can make something feel a little more intense! I think I will start making more things in the future. Maybe I'll steal one of your recipes! ;)

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Hannah link
7/31/2013 11:39:39 am

Ladies, ladies. Thank you for your kind words and for sharing! Amber, it's the little experiments we embark on in the kitchen that give us the will-power to try again! Even when I've been certain I've messed something up, it's seeing other people smile and enjoy my creation that keeps me coming back and whipping up new experiments. Can't wait to share more with you! And vice versa!

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Keia Mastrianni link
8/1/2013 04:50:00 am

You made it safely into the blogosphere! Welcome and congratulations, Hannah. I just love your warm and spritely energy- it's exuding from your blog and that's what will make readers want to visit and join you on your journey. Looking forward to seeing what transpires. Cheers!

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