Get to know the chef :)

I've come to realize that the setup of a culinary blog can get a little impersonal. Every post becomes an instructional tour of a recipe with only a glimpse of my personality to show through. Since I've been blogging, I can't help but notice my international audience growing and that means people who I don't either live with or are related to, read my blog (YAY!!) super exciting! So I decided that I needed to add a non-instructional post to give my readers a small idea of what I am all about in the world of food. Here's my top 10 random things you didn't know about me as a chef....insert gratuitous photo of myself.

10 things you didn't know about me as a chef:

1. I didn't really start to like food until I was a senior in high school

2. The weirdest thing I've ever eaten was Kangaroo

3. If I were a millionaire and could do whatever I wanted, I would go to culinary school and open a small restaurant in the West Village

4. I get on random, obsessive kicks of cooking certain dishes, and make the same thing 4 times a week

5. If I could host a huge Thanksgiving-sized meal at my apartment every night, I could die happy right now

6. My 2 favorite kitchen accoutrements are my Quisinart and my Yoshi blade

7. I spend most of my day at work planning out menus in my head

8. I have an insane desire for my own chef's jacket with my name embroidered on it

9. I could spend my entire pay check on groceries, kitchen utensils, Tupperware, spices....

10. You could say my obsession with the Food Network is borderline unhealthy

Yes, these are mostly awkward and random, but that's pretty much the kind of person I am. In addition to you hearing about me, I would like to hear from all of you, my viewers! Any suggestions for the site, for recipes, for requests to see certain dishes cooked....let me know!!!