Oh man, that sounded way cooler in my head, try saying it out loud and see if it sounds better. Regardless of my inability to think of catchy titles for things, I think this properly encompasses what this blog is going to be about. It's going to consist of a lot of messy things, literally and figuratively. Some will be fun and joyful to read while others will not, but both are equally important to this experience. It's going to be primarily about food; food I cook, food I eat, food I dream of eating, and food that dreams of me (I'm looking at you dumplings of the world). Food is community and warmth, connectedness, and health, so in turn this blog will also be about all those things. It will convey, hopefully, the feelings of a warm kitchen surrounded with friends while also those of a late night conversation when the words don't seem to want to come and things feel a little dark. It will be real and raw and hopefully at times a little thought provoking, if not, at least you'll get to look at pretty pictures of food and hear stories about how wildly incapable I am at simple things.
Life is sweet and sour, this is a statement I think everyone has come to love and hate over the last nine months, and while this is specifically not a blog about how to overcome the COVID blues, it's a blog about life and this is life right now. Let me paint you a picture. You have a beautiful egg-roll in front of you right now, I'm talking perfection. She's golden, she's crispy, and she's filled with egg-rolley goodness. Now you take this perfect little nugget and dunk that sucker into caramel sauce, ouch. What about the same scene, but instead of caramel you give that baby a nice bath of lemon juice, pucker up am I right? I realize fully that you don't make sweet and sour sauce by combining caramel and lemon juice, come on give me some credit, but you get the picture. You need both. You need the sauce that is sour and sweet and full and substantial or your egg roll is receiving less than deserved. Let me take this full circle here, the sauce is your life! The egg-roll is you! (Bet you didn't see that coming). I for one do not want to be a person who is only dunked in the sweet things of life, because isn't it true that the sour makes the sweet stuff sweeter? When the sour comes, and it will, I want to look at it straight in the face and welcome it. If that sounds like something you are also interested in doing as well, buckle up.
I am not a writer, at least not in the traditional sense. I don't brood and ponder deep ideas all day while staring out of a foggy window, or incessantly write in a journal, or wear a lot of tweed. I do, however, have words to say and thoughts that I feel like someone might resonate with. And instead of speaking aimlessly into the void I have decided after much thought and against my better judgement to write this blog, so welcome! Let's learn how to cook, and laugh, and cry, and be full humans together.
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