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So, I have a confession to make. I miss blogging. I haven't been very consistent about it for the last year or two, and that's a shame. For me, at least. As a writer by day, I sometimes shy away from writing for fun in my spare time, but even so, it's been one heck of a blogging dry spell. I don't know what's been stopping me, but as per the terms of my birthday resolutions (which I used to blog about but, of course, failed to blog about this year), I'm starting a new one. A fresh one. A blog with purpose, you might say.

It's no secret that I like to cook. Okay...I love it. I do. I'm one of those weird people who finds cooking incredibly relaxing. I love playing with, modifying and creating recipes. I love cooking on the fly/making meals up as I go along maybe just a little more than I love the structure of diligently measuring ingredients before baking. I like getting my hands dirty (when making a meatloaf or my Granny Mills' World Famous Oatmeal Cookies). The only thing I don't love about cooking and baking right now is my tiny apartment kitchen (but I can't hate the kitchen...it's not its fault it's so tiny).

I think, as a general rule, people fall into one of two camps: those who view food primarily as a necessary evil/energy source and those whose who view food as a hobby and entertainment source. I am very much a food-for-entertainment kind of girl. The only reason I don't have cable? I'd call in sick to watch Food Network, the Cooking Channel, reruns of Top Chef, No Reservations, Kitchen Nightmares, and any other cooking/food related show all day, every day. No lie.

So. When I thought about topics for blogging regularly, cooking was the obvious and natural first choice. I'm actually kind of excited. Okay, a lot excited. The things I'll be blogging here? Recipes I've written, recipes I've adapted, recipes I've shamelessly stolen from other bloggers (with links and praise), and weekly menus, just to name a few. I know I'm repeating myself, but...Excited. That's me. I haven't been this happy about writing for fun in a long time.