the start of something beautiful.

Here I go, jumping on the bandwagon that is the world of food blogs. Not that I have a lot of time to spare, but I've realized over the years that I really love food (that's me on the left, finishing the remains of a dessert I made). In the time that I have been married for almost two years, I've grown an appreciation for cooking like none other (I think it's because I'm the one who is doing the cooking, not my parents). Maybe it's domestication? I don't think so. I think my love for food and cooking burst out of its shell after remaining dormant for many years.

I blame it on my parents who are terrific cooks. I always thought to myself, maybe one day, I'll just become a culinary great like they are!

I'm so not there yet.

But, I have a decent kitchen (albeit a very small one), money for provisions, a hankering for creating and serving dishes/desserts to those I care about, recipes and cookbooks out the door, and a very patient and loving husband who doubles as the guinea pig for the food I make. Plus, I have had a dislike for vegetables for as long as I can remember - I see this opportunity in cooking for me to acquire a taste for vegetables, making dishes in a healthy but tasty way - and in such a way that I'll eat things that I dislike such as onions and garlic and bell pepper - oh the list can go on and on!

So bear with me in my trials and triumphs in the kitchen (along with other thoughts and musings) and read along as "mo" eats . . .

Who's "Mo"? Why, that's me!