Been a long time.......

Wow! My last blog post was 9/26/11. It is now 8/21/15.  Almost 4 years later. Amazing.

A lot has changed since then.

When I left you last, I was working for a food broker doing product demonstrations and moved up to Account Manager in food sales. I was out on the road all day every day - to the tune of approximately 10,000 miles on the car every 3-4 months.   And working here in the NY/NJ Metro area that equates to aging yourself about 10 years due to the traffic stresses.  The job had some great perks though and I was able to get into the kitchens of many well known restaurants in NYC/NJ and had the opportunity to meet some really cool Chefs.  I literally and figuratively "fed" off their inspiration.

In 2013 I filmed a Kickstarter campaign to open a farm to table restaurant that would offer cooking classes, special dinners and feature products from local artisans.  Although I did not achieve my goal and my location fell through, I would not be defeated.  (You can check the video out here if it should so amuse you - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/906708324/kitchen-shop-eat-learn/?ref=kicktraq - and by the way, would still love to see this happen so if anyone is interested and has a big bankroll, give me a holla!)

In 2014, after many years of cooking for people "on the side", I officially started my catering business.  www.kitchen-catering.com  I rented a commercial kitchen for about a year until the overhead became too much and I let go of the location.  I now do my cooking in commercial kitchens that I rent as needed.

And now to bring you up to date. This year, I took on another side business - leasing the space and running the concession/snack bar area at our local bowling alley.

In addition to this, I have catered many parties, taught lots of cooking classes, had some amazing meals and cocktails -  and seen a whole lot of interesting things!  Some good, some bad, some really scary - and gross - you probably don't want to know about those.

I learned much over these past few years - and would love to share some of my experiences with you.  So, here we go again - and please let me know what you would like to see in these pages - such as request specific recipes, hear some juicy stories, etc.

I hope you will check back and read more. As always, there will be lots of good food and drinks along the way.

See you soon!