Change is Good

"Change up...and I ain't talking baseball!"

First, let me start off by saying that if you're reading this, you're a beautiful person. I really appreciate the fact that you're taking five minutes out of your day to read about something that is important to me, and by default, important to you since this is a food blog and everyone eats. For those of you who aren't reading this, you're beautiful, too (however, since you are in fact not reading this post, you will not get to feel warm and fuzzy inside from the compliment I just gave). 

Second of all, did anyone notice that the name of my blog changed? Probably not a whole lot of you since my blog is still young and has only received about 2000 views to date. I added "& Other Foraging," and kept the original "Photogenic Foods" part, bringing you: "Photogenic Foods & Other Foraging." But what does foraging mean? Well according to dictionary.com...

Forage- to search widely for food

I like this definition because to retrieve food really should require a search. It should require effort. Food should not be 'fast' as in the expression, 'fast food.' Searching for food, in this day and age, usually means a trip to Shop Rite and the like. But who is down for a more adventurous search for our food, and some channeling of our inner caveman and cavewoman? I certainly am.

 To add, the act of eating should bring us closer to our outdoor environment. Walking to your backyard and being able to put together a freshly grown, colorful salad will give you an out-of-this-world, happy feeling in your soul (and in your tummy) that going out to a fancy restaurant never could (restaurants that use farm fresh ingredients are a different story). And I'm not saying that all food needs to come from our backyard. Times have changed, people are busier...my hippy self gets that. I love Oreos; I'm human, too. But everyone can do a little something to get to know fresh foods firsthand, and trust me, it's fun stuff.

 SO...long story short (now that I've already given you the long story), I feel like my blog title needed change because it had to better reflect my passions: food that is visually beautiful (like ya'll), food that respects both Mother Nature and animals, and food that you have to get a little dirty in your search for. Before today, I had a separate, private blog where I posted about my experience raising chickens. From today on, I think that this multi-faceted, revamped blog will be the perfect platform to share my chicken raising stories, pretty pictures of food that I eat in my own house or out at a restaurant, and last but not least, posts about outdoor, food-related endeavors I've recently undertook (like preserving pumpkin seeds, growing garlic, and tapping maple trees for syrup). Please come along with me on this ride!

Cheers!

In my belly today: spicy Bloody Marys with my best friend in the Bronx.