The "Blooming" of this Blog

I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of 

food” ― Erma Bombeck

It’s a Saturday morning and this little boy brushes his eyes, crawls out of bed and heads to the kitchen. He knows today, like all the Saturday’s that preceded this one, as he hears the sound of steam going off from a heavy-bottom pressure cooker, the   clanking of kitchen utensils, or the buzz of witty banter, something new will satisfy his appetite.

As far as he was concerned the possibilities are endless. It could have been the thought of white crystalline sugar being cooked into this amber syrup to be glazed atop a flan, or maybe the sizzling sound of sauteed or better yet deep-fat fried culinary delight such as pork or poultry, or a braise, which perfumes the house of aromas, some familiar others foreign, as if to gesture that something, anything, was about to revealed in their humble kitchen.

Little did he know that decades from this day he would find himself documenting his adventures and sharing his love for food, photography, and travel with people from different walks of life. 

To be quite honest, my love of food, photography and travel wasn’t that all prominent. You could say I was a late bloomer of sorts and it wasn’t late into my 20’s when I realized what potentials I had or what passions grew dormant inside me.  

I wasn’t as lucky like most people were. Those times were cruel to me. I was groomed to be a proper young man.  Study hard, get a good job and live a practical life.  Being a writer/blogger, a food photographer, was far down the list of my priorities. And most of the things I know about photography and food I learned on my own. I am self-taught in most respects, so I am always eager to be corrected and educated on these matters. But I want you, as my reader to understand how we got here.

So here’s my story.

Remember that tale I spun earlier? It was anything but that. I was that little boy and every Saturday morning I would be excited to go to the kitchen and find out what my mother was preparing. She loved to cook back then, and most of my favorite dishes and my standards for them come from what she used to make during those Saturday mornings.  However, I was never inclined to cook. You could say I grew a conventional man, I loved to eat but I never wanted to prepare it.  Fast forward decades later and a woman wiser, who actually brought this passion of mine out, and now I love being in the kitchen cooking, experimenting with new ingredients, eager to taste new flavors, try new cookery techniques, even watching food channels practically all day and reading books and articles. I never knew that the world of food was so vast and full of new discoveries. In this blog I aim to share my experiences and knowledge about food and the simple things I might know about cookery and then some.

Amateur food photographer, traveler, and a food enthusiast and this is my adventure. Join me in my culinary adventures as I discover what is out and about in the world of food and travel. 

This is REG FRANCISCO i am the Foodie and these are my feasts!
  

SUPPORT AND SHARE this Food blog and help out FOODIE AND THE FEAST to get on its feet!