Add More Wine

My Mom always said when it came to cooking, “When all else fails, add more wine.” Now, she never specified if it applied to the saucepan or the cook, but it always seems to work either way.

In 2006 I quit my job, and am now essentially self-employed. With the extra time, I have been able to reconnect with my love of food and cooking – fortunately, this also coincided with taking up running again, so the scale is still my friend. The last weekend in April, I spent the weekend at the Sanderling Inn in the Outer Banks of North Carolina for their “Cooking School Weekend” and had a wonderful time. Upon returning home, I realized I really wanted to setup a dedicated food blog – I love to cook and eat, and I love to write – so here we are. I’ve posted a lot on food and such at my “regular” blog, Cafe Chat Noir, so if you’ve seen that site, you may notice a few repeats as time goes on – the weekend at the Inn will definitely be reposted here. (And yes, the layouts are identical – it’s not your imagination!)

I am not a professional chef, nor have I had any formal training to date other than spending that weekend with Executive Chef Christine Zambito and Pastry Chef Kevin Wirt at the Inn. This may change as time goes on, but for now, I’m just a happy hack in the kitchen.

There are a lot of other great food blogs out there, which I’ll add to the blogroll and talk about as time goes by. But, the internet is a pretty big place, and food is a pretty comprehensive subject, so I think there’s room for one more.

Enjoy.
- Cindy

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