Add More Wine

You may have noticed that yes, there are ads on this site. Bandwidth and hosting isn’t free, and every little bit helps out. I’m just using Google’s adsense right now, so the ads are targeted towards the content. I am not actually “connected” with any of the advertisers that have appeared so far – rest assured I’m not getting any kickbacks for saying anything about any particular advertiser. They are also served up on a relatively random basis, so I am not picking or choosing the adverts that show up.

If at some point I have direct/non-google advertisers, I will make a point of letting folks know they are there.

I’ve tried to keep them as unobtrusive as possible (and trying to fix the dang sidebar width so that blends better) so they should not detract from the rest of the site. There will be NO dancing monkeys offering you great rates on refinancing at this blog.

If you are interested in advertising on the site, do feel free to contact me at cdc@addmorewine.net.

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

Things are still under construction at the moment, but stick around – good things are coming!