Coming back...

Wow, it has been a looooong time since I've posted on the blog. I'm still as passionate about food, but blogging sometimes takes a back seat to life. So why am I coming back? A few things...

NEW TOOLS

I bought a really good set of knives. I was looking for value, durability, and a bag and my search brought me to cookingforengineers.com. I like them because they used empirical data to rate gear and mentioned Saber Knives as the only set they'd recommend as a whole. They recommended this set not only for the performance of the knives (which performed as well as some Wusthofs) but for the quality of the bag. On top of that, Saber was having a free paring knife promotion. I emailed the company mentioning the promo and the CEO personally responded back to me. 3 days later the sharpest paring knife I've ever used came in the mail.

I was a little hesitant to buy a whole set though. Usually, chefs buy their knives one at a time from various makers because a whole set could have one or two good knives and the rest are crap. That can get really expensive though. However, when I googled Saber knives, most knife reviews said they were really good. The paring knife wasn't the only good knife, ALL OF THEM WERE GOOD. So I pulled the trigger and 3 business days later a 10 pound box of amazingness came (thanks Dallas for letting me use your Amazon Prime account!).

What a difference a sharp knife makes. It actually makes things safer in the kitchen because less effort is needed to cut and chop through food. I've actually become quite the prep cook and it's enjoyable every time I use them. Expect to see more posts as I use these knives more.

Which leads me to the next reason why I'm back...

WHY COOKING MATTERS

Cooking matters because in today's passive world preparing a meal is incredibly proactive. You choose the ingredients, you choose how to prepare it, you choose how to cook it, and you choose how to eat it. By cooking we take a role in everything affected by food, and some BIG things are affected by food like your health, work performance, and relationships.

I don't know of many other things in life that have such an impact on who you are than food. We eat every day, but it's too easy to take food for granted and lose the connections meals create. It makes me sad when I see people who are so closed minded to new foods and instead expect to eat processed, prepackaged garbage. Of course, I'm guilty of eating garbage too but I don't want that to be the norm. I know that a steady diet of prepackaged food isn't good for you in the long run.

In the end I guess this is my attempt to keep people connected through food. I'm afraid that people will lose out on the joys food can bring in today's convenience driven society. There's community and friendships to be found around food and I don't anyone to miss out on that.