Introduction...like any good essay would have

Decided to start a blog because people say they find my Facebook statuses amusing and I'm up to a whooping 61 followers on Pinterest (I'm actually shocked).  More than anything, I'd like to record my musings for posterity sake and as a way to de-stress at the end of the day.

Everyone knows I heart food to the nth degree.  My love for food started at a young age even though I was picky as hell, but I would daydream I was Julia Child and spent my Saturdays watching Frugal Gourmet on KCTS 9.  To this day, I still have my recipe cards from childhood where I carefully copied out recipes in cook books I borrowed from the library in a fine line sharpie pen.

I moved out with my boyfriend of a bazillion years P last December into a tiny apartment.  Strange thing (at least some people may consider it strange) is that I moved out with him at the fresh age of 31.  Up until that point, I lived at home with my parents.  Being Filipino, given the economy, and also living in one of the most expensive cities to live in, it made sense.  I never had a chance to really express myself culinarily (is this even a word?) because my mom mostly did the cooking and given her intense need for a spotless kitchen and my penchant for disorganized cooking experiments, I did not cook often.  But when I did, it was usually a success.

I have a tiny kitchen, but hope to create big flavour (corny!).  And because it's my own kitchen, I'll make a mess of creativity and maybe just maybe, I'll let that mess sit.  I work full time and try to cook after work 4 of the 7 days of the week.  Love the weekend and want to start devoting the weekend to trying new recipes...maybe make my own (gah scary!).  This blog keeps track of my food adventures (successes and failures) and sometimes when I have some extra money, eating out on a budget.  Maybe I'll throw in a funny anecdote here and there but I'm not making any promises.

Hope you enjoy!