Introducing a Guest Contributor

Guest Contributor and Trivia Queen

It is 7:41 on Sunday evening as I write my first hello.

Hello! I’m Marianne, Terradon’s younger sister, and I have been lurking in the shadows of this blog for a few weeks, and we have agreed that I should introduce myself.

My involvement with this blog is quite recent, but my sister says that I inspired her to take to the kitchen and learn to cook for herself. (You’re Welcome!) I have been editing some of the content and offering up opinions on the flavors and presentation of the food. 

My involvement with food and health is very different from my sisters. I am not vegan and have not chosen her diet, though I have considered it. My dramatic nutritional changes and education were the result of diabetes in myself and my husband, and learning to cook tasty and healthy foods that we would want to eat without going into the neurotic I can’t eat that that inevitably seems to lead to unhealthy binge eating. The big one was learning to cook vegetables. I mean, vegetables that anyone would choose to eat.

As a guest, I will be visiting to share recipes I have developed to feed her (just wait until you try my Roasted Corn Chowder!) and the little things I did to make it shareable with vegans, meat-eaters, people with various allergies, spice lovers and spice haters. Also, since I love trivia, I will share some of the little things I learn. 

I learned most of what I know about cooking by observing trained professionals in a home kitchen, experimentation, watching Alton Brown on his fantastic show Good Eats, and by exposure to some excellent cookbooks at the right time and place. 

I think that will do for an introduction. I am sure you can tell I am a food geek with a love of trivia. I will do my best to cite any sources I use (I am, after all, not an expert and the shoulders I am standing on deserve recognition!), and I am looking forward to seeing how this blog and I interact going forward.