New Starts

Ok. This is a new start. I began this blog last summer (under fresh food love), but when the fall semester began the free time to write blog postings was sucked up in the whirlwind of teaching, researching, and child-rearing. Plus, there were all those oh-so-fabulous postings from Monster Munching that I just could never live up to. I wanted to. I love them--they are my own little Zagat guide to the OC (without having to rely on the opinions of idiots). I wanted to be able to have my camera ready and write delectable, detailed descriptions of my meals, but the pressure was immense. No one can live up to the Monster's rantings (I bow low). I was paralyzed by the impossibility of meeting my own expectations (do you get a sense of what I'm like as a professional researcher and writer?). So, I just stopped writing.

But, food is still the life here. So, this blog, as the title suggests, will be my weekly (or so) mental perambulations on food. Sometimes it will be about feeding my child, sometimes about the places I eat, and sometimes about the meals I cook, or would like to cook. I would welcome your thoughts and contributions as well!