Where I've been...

September 1, 2010

I apologize for my break in blogging. Life’s circumstances have taken me deep into the woods, into the land of no internet, nursing a husband that almost cut his arm off , a 2 year old and a 6 month old. I have continued to cook and photograph, so I have plenty of material that I am eager to share with you. I have also started making baby food for Virginia.

I have not provided very much info on this blog about who I am, where I come from or how I came to blog about food. Really, because I was pretty sure that everyone reading this blog knew my story. I’ve been told that I should give more personal info for my readers, if I even have those. So here goes… I am from Jackson, Mississippi where I was raised in Belhaven in a family of five girls, yes, five! My mother and father are Irish catholic and Italian catholic. So I grew up in a large food centered family. I think I was the only kid I knew whose father served holiday meals in courses, he was just ahead of his time. I graduated from catholic school and went to Sweet Briar College in Virginia, where I met a collection of treasured friends from all over the country. After college I entered the financial services industry with PaineWebber in Atlanta. I lived in Atlanta for five years, single, supporting only myself as well as attending many wholesaler sponsored dinners at the finest restaurants in Atlanta (my father was one of those wholesalers, famous for his dinners.) This allowed me many incredible dining experiences that furthered my food education. Currently, I am back home in Mississippi, married, raising two daughters, Sadie and Virginia. I now have to prepare those foods if I want to enjoy them. My husband, Chris works in the film industry so we have been traveling with him when he works, this has allowed me to live temporarily in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport. We just recently returned home. Chris just wrapped Green Lantern, well, they were set to wrap two days after he almost cut his arm off, unloading a truckload of building supplies for our impending home renovation, that is now on hold. Home is in the woods about 30 miles south of Jackson. Our plan is for Chris to continue doing movie work for as little time as possible. Our goal is to have goats, chickens, and a really big garden. We are also doing a complete renovation on the 100+ year old farmhouse that was built by Chris’ great grandfather. So excuse me if I digress into chicken raising or home renovation on this food blog.

Sadly, my weekly trips to the Crescent City Farmers Market, less than ½ mile from my house are over for now, but Bill Ryals, my favorite goat guy’s daughter comes to the farmers market in Jackson. I will be exploring the Farmers Markets in Jackson, growing or raising some of my own food, and making some day trips to New Orleans to stock up. My pumpkin seedlings are looking great and will go into the ground this week, they should be just in time to make a plethora of pumpkin dishes for Thanksgiving.