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First Post

Well, it has been a long time coming, but it is time to finally get this thing up and running. I suppose discipline will be what finally gets this off the ground but I am confident I can make it work.

I love good food, all aspects of it.

What I also love is good food that is healthy. Even more than that, good food which is healthy, and reasonably priced.

Organic ingredients, locally grown, all of that is great too. Of course, it is not always possible to find all of that in one package... actually, it is not common at all.  One can't think about health all the time...

Anyways, this blog will be a platform where I can try to talk about food, as I see it.

I hope to share information on ingredients, restaurants, drinks, recipes, photos... and just speak my thoughts in general.

Please join my in discussing food and don't hesitate to comment!



(I thought that I should include a picture for my first post so picked up one that I had lying around on my hard drive-  these are mini-pizzas that I made with proscuitto, cherry tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella and portabella mushrooms!)


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