Live Food Rich

 For years now I've been wanting to jump on the blog bandwagon, but I've never been one to conform. That, or I never thought of myself to be interesting enough to share my day with the thousands of you that will be standing by your ipads, pods, cephalopods, and macbooks to read my budding blog. But, what makes the thousands of other busy bloggers more interesting than me? Perhaps fame, athleticism, a degree in journalism, money, a radical opinion. What do I bring to the "Table", monitor if you will... Taste Buds.

I live food rich. Growing up in kitchens on Cape Cod, I have an affinity for all things line caught and lobster red (no, not red lobster).  Traveling my way to the West Coast one year after graduating from college to pursue another degree has awakened my senses in the most literal way. I have been living in Napa Valley, where I came in August 2009 to begin my two year education at the Culinary Institute of America, Greystone. It is here where I have dove mouth first into food utopia. My first kiss of fresh fig flesh off a tree is most endearing to my memories here. My first chance to eat an animal that I also helped raise and kill myself. Working side by side with chefs, whose brains you want to pick apart, knowing there is always more to learn. I've since graduated from the CIA, and used this past summer and fall to gain experience working in winery kitchens. Working at Rubicon, Signorello Estate, Pine Ridge, Hess Collection, and Panevino; I absorb so many different techniques, ideas, and have had the chance to learn how wine and food have a beautifully symbiotic relationship when done correctly. I've had the opportunity to transform my palate and expand this food rich life. So I offer you my taste buds, it is up to you to believe in them.