I was born on a warm day in December—seriously warm, my mom wasn’t even wearing a jacket—shortly before Christmas back in 1982. Things progressed quickly after that. I had my first solid food at 9 months (popcorn—thanks to my uncle, who didn’t know any better–no, seriously, thanks, cause to this very day, I love popcorn) and by the age of 5, my mother had trained me in how she took her coffee and how to make donuts out of Pilsbury dough.
Now I’m obsessed with food. I like to eat it, of course, and I like to make it and to study it and read about it and shop for it and planning my next meal is never far from my mind. I read books on salt for fun (fascinating subject, really). I’m a food geek.
I’m a bit of a tech geek as well. In my daylife, I’m an instructional technology consultant for a university, which means that I study and help implement various technologies (like blogs!) into courses to help teachers teach and students learn. Combine my love for social media with my love of food and voila, you have the geeky bastard child that is this blog.
I’m not an expert on anything, except my own opinions. I can’t teach you anything, but I can share with you what I learn, how I learn it and make a few (hopefully funny, but I promise nothing) jokes along the way. Oh, and the recipes. Yeah. They’re good too.
Send me some recipes to try! Or just drop a line to say hey.

Hiya Lauren!
Thanks for sharing such a lovely blog! Looking forward to trying out some of your recipes! Please have a look at my food blog to if you have a minute?
http://web.me.com/achoukah/Amlitou/My_food_Blog/My_food_Blog.html
Take care
A.
Hey!
So my first website detailing my cupcakes is up!
Like I said, I’m going to enjoy looking back on this and laughing in 5, 10, 15 years. BUT we all have to start somewhere
Thanks Lauren!
Hey Lauren, just came across your site. Glad to see another foodie website in the area. I will add you to my blogroll. Keep up the good work!
Hello,
I wanted to say that I have been reading for a few months on and off and I would like to sign up for the daily feed. I am not to computer smart so I’ll give it a try but I might need some assistance. This is a great find and I would hate to lose touch, and maybe never discover it again.
Anyway, thanks again and I look forward to reading/posting again in the future!