first day of blogging

robbing a line from Paul Simon...for my starting blog.... still "crazy" after all these years.  have had some nicknames in my years - not for sharing at this time, perhaps later.  Webster's dictionary has several "definitions" for crazy - my favorite being "intensely enthusiastic, and passionately excited" .... I think that sums up my feelings about food - and why I LOVE food and all that it brings to my life, my family and friends.   

as the world changes and shifts, food becomes all the more important to me.  I love the process that goes into food, where it grows, how it affects us (even when we don't think about it), how it fills our soul and how it brings balance.   From the creation of an idea in my mind, to researching the concept, to coming up with an idea and "recipe" and then to bring it to fruition.  These are the key components of why I love food. 

I have my mother to thank for that ;-) THANK YOU MAMA! My mother, as many women, learned to love to hate making meals for our family.  Mind you, she never complained, it is just a fact, that if you DON'T love food, making it and cooking it, day in and day out, can become tedious.  I was fortunate enough to be in the 8th grade, horrid in the seamstress / sewing department, so when our class was assigned the task of the "creation" of a menu, the shopping of the items, the production of the meal, and then the "de-brief" process... well.... after sewing my thumb (no kidding) I decided that food was a better avenue for me!!  Mama, said to me when it was all said and done (kitchen cleaned up etc), "Cynthia Louise~~ you can cook for me whenver you want"!  Simple as that! 

Still at it - after all these years - and still loving it and making some amazing creations.  Most recent to top the list - Berry Lucious Bars (espresso oatmeal crispie cookies - stuffed with berry sorbet and frozen, as in ice cream sandwich). oh yeah baby!