A Love of Cooking

Within the last few years I have discovered a love of expressing myself through the pursuit of culinary excellence. In part, I began cooking in an effort to make food that was more healthy than the alternatives. As an athlete I am interested in putting the best fuel into my body possible, and I simply do not trust the restaurants of the world to help me with that. So the answer was to take matters into my own hands. Imagine my surprise when I actually began enjoying my newfound "domesticity" as some of my friends joked! Before I knew it, I was stir-frying delicious combinations of vegetables whose names I barely knew, baking whole wheat breads by hand that are so flaky and delicious that I crave them constantly, and even shopping at farmer's markets! When you come right down to it, though, I just like feeding people, and feeding them well.

I love presenting my creations in such a way so that they look beautiful and appetizing, as well as tasting that way. It's become a bit more than a hobby, to be honest. I have speculated more than once about writing a cookbook, though I know what exhaustive effort they require.

I frequent several online communities that focus on cooking and eating healthy meals. Also, with my love of photographing the food I cook, I discovered something called "food porn" which simply is defined as beautiful photographs of beautiful food.

Coming soon, I will post a few of my favorite recipes here with a few albums of food porn, both sweet and savory. Look forward to my Sweet Focaccia Bread series, glowing with nectarines in honey or pears glistening with cinammon. Or my compendium of gorgeous holiday turkeys and hams!