After getting sucked into work projects I was finally able to (somewhat) escape and just returned from a magnificent trip to Portugal and Galicia, Spain. Twelve glorious days of sunshine, coastline, endless seafood, local wines and pork that could make you cry. Every night after dinner we would waddle home and vow never to eat another meal, but somehow the next day it would be tabula rasa and there we’d go again stuffing our faces with octopus.
If there’s anything I love as much as making food, it’s planning trips, taking said trips, and most importantly, over-eating on those trips. To this end, I’m going to make some public commitments here in the hopes that I’ll feel compelled to keep these promises to my loyal readership of about 25, the majority of whom are related to me.
Firstly, I’m trying to make some changes to the work-life balance over here. Maybe some big changes, but definitely some small ones, and I want to spend more time cooking, sharing my food here, and getting better at all of it.
Secondly, I’m hoping to expand this space to include some of my other related loves, like profiles and reviews of my favorite places to eat and to stay, so that you, too, can experience the incredible weight gain that accompanies vacations just like I do. Also, wine! I love it. One of the most fun things we’ve done on these annual trips is visit local wineries, some very large and well-known, and some very tiny and actually just a stranger’s basement, and while I would not call myself an expert by any means (pretty sure notes of Worcestershire sauce and lawn trimmings aren’t typically found “on the nose”) I’ve developed an appreciation of it that I’d like to find some way to incorporate here.
In summary, getting some time away from the daily slog has re-inspired me to create some things to share, and while this is sort of an empty post in which I offer you nothing, I am signing off and heading into the kitchen right now to make good on some of these promises.
