my kitchen counter — Back to Life

Back to Life

The sun came out in London this week. Full blown, squint-inducing, shorts-wearing, ice-cream licking, sit-outside-without-a-cardigan SUN granting us 70° days and long bright evenings. Now, 70° might not sound too exciting for you sun-worshiping Californians, but let me tell you, we (meaning me and the rest of the English population) could not have been more thrilled. There were picnics. There was day drinking. There were sunburns and embarrassing tan lines visible on bare shoulders lounged on lawns. Most notably, though, there seemed to be this sudden reemergence of everything that had all but disappeared in the winter. Have you noticed how spring does that? All of a sudden those friends who live across town that you haven’t seen since before it got cold, practically beg to make the journey to meet for a drink outside somewhere. The running shorts and sneakers that have grown dusty in the back of your closet sneak their way forward as if asking to be worn. And that is without even mentioning the exciting shoots and greens that start to peak out from the earth, begging you to stop roasting root vegetables and to get with the season.

So…I am taking natures hint and after my multiple month hibernation I am reemerging in the blogosphere. I thought about making some sort of asparagus analogy here, but I fear I might be taking it too far. Winter brought lots of exciting things. I was back in San Francisco for a while figuring out the bureaucracy of the UK Visa system, which lead to some amazing food adventures and kitchen explorations. January ended with a proposal, a ring, and the decision to get married in the fall. February marked my 25th birthday and by the beginning of March I was back in England. In general there have been many celebrations, all of which included food, so while I have not been writing, I do have lots of ideas stored up. I have also spent a lot of time reading what else is out there and gaining perspective on how to be a better blogger.

And with that I better conclude this note, and commence the real blogging. Happy Spring, everyone!

posted 11 April, 2011
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eat food. not too much. mostly plants. -michael pollan my kitchen. my mission: for anyone who cooks, the kitchen is a sanctuary. a space for creating. a space for experimenting. playing. clearing the head. for anyone who eats, the table is an altar. a space for togetherness, for conversation, for enjoyment. together they are spaces that, more than anything, are overwhelmingly human. the space is the intersection of our primal need for food, and our cultural desire to enjoy it. what we eat and how we choose to eat it ultimately defines each of us. food should be accessible. it should be conscious, or rather, we should be conscious of our decisions. food should be nurturing. it should remind us of who we are, and who we want to be. it should connect us to others. it should be enjoyed. the goal of creating mykitchencounter is to help us reconnect with our food. the goal is to eliminate the fear of cooking and remind everyone that anyone can cook, the goal is to share tips, advice, ideas, discoveries, recipes, health advice, restaurant recommendations- basically anything food related. so… pull up a stool to mykitchencounter, let me pour you a glass of wine, and let’s talk about food.