About The Voice

A blogging friend of mine, Kristina of Mouth From The South, once said it was difficult for her to identify herself out loud as a writer, to grab that self-identification and own it. I understand, because likewise I have trouble saying out loud I am a food writer.  As a matter of fact, I once went so far as to deny it, claiming my stay at home mom status instead.

But I am. And this blog is where I write about the food I love. You may have noticed that the food I love means all sorts of different food.  I am completely unable to put myself in a box when it comes to food so I hope you’ll enjoy my jumping from a rich and indulgent chocolate dessert to a Thai curry to a Spanish tapas dish to Scottish shortbread.  You will also hear a lot about my family, because for me food and love are completely intertwined (usually in a healthy way). I also take photos–because we all want to drool over food porn–but I’ll be the first to admit that I am learning all the time as a photographer and so I hope you’ll remember that when you see some of my earliest posts!

I am a Libra (they tell me this has changed but I don’t buy it). In addition to being the voice behind this site, I am a stay at home mom to Alex, age 6, and Sammy, age 5 (both girls-yes I like gender neutral names). My husband, John, our Chesapeake Bay Retrievers Finnegan and Delilah, and Skamp, the Golden Doodle puppy the girls got from Santa, round out our family (do you think John will appreciate being listed with the dogs?). If you follow me on Twitter you know I bleed Maize and Blue and follow the Wolverines most especially in football, basketball and ice hockey. I am also a Cleveland Indians fan in the summer when college sports dwindle away. I am a voracious fan of many genres of music, but at this point in my life I pretty much only go out of my way to see U2 live. I read every night before bed–fantasy, science fiction, sometimes mysteries, whatever has been assigned in my book club, and cookbooks. I have a huge cookbook problem collection. My idea of complete bliss is lying in the sun on the beach–and the fact that I don’t live near one probably explains a lot about my state of mind.  Instead I live in a small college town in southwest Ohio somewhat in the middle of nowhere–but I can get to civilization in about 45 minutes. My favorite season is fall and then spring–I think I like looking forward to change more than either extreme.  I regard January through November as merely being the warm-up to the Holidays.

Special thanks are due to my husband, a bio-informatician, who spent one of his spring breaks teaching himself WordPress and Thesis so I could switch to this site.  The design is by myself (with his input).

Jmaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech, July 2011