I'm just back from traveling (Texas, North Carolina), and I'm working through the backlog of things that have accumulated in my absence. I do have some recipes that might be of interest to you, my faithful readers, but I first wanted to take a step back and look at the big picture.
I believe that food and cooking is a constant education - those who think they know it all probably make boring food. I think those who are interested in cooking (and... it's okay if not everyone is. Really.) should be always trying new things. It's too easy to just make the same dishes over and over again, but then you don't learn new skills, figure out that you may love certain flavor combinations, realize that you actually do like that food that you've been eschewing since youth, or learn that you really have no idea how and where pickled things come from.
So! Maybe it's March, but that's okay - it's time for some food resolutions for the year.
I will attempt to make the following this year:
I will figure out more places where I might like... broccoli. And... is that really the only food I hate?
Finally, I will make a concerted effort to shop more locally for produce, dairy and meat.
Am I the only one making food resolutions this year?
