So, as some of you know and some don't, my writing has taken off quite a bit.  I've decided to make this blog something a little different - instead of recipes (please go to my weekly column - "Simply Local" at http://www.thecalifornian.com/ for more of those), I want to write about my adventures in food writing.  I've met so many amazing people doing so many amazing things with food over the last year; I want to have the opportunity to introduce you to them, to share some opinions on the whole "food as rock-and-roll" wave, and to let you get occasionally breathless with me as I continue this amazing journey.  Thanks for being interested.