I came to a realization the one day that I spend a significant portion of my life cooking for myself and others and it seems to bring people joy. Finding a hobby that produces not only personal enjoyment but happiness in others is something worth cherishing and it would be a disservice to keep it all to myself. This blog will serve as a collection of ideas and occurrences- of past, present, or future- that is a small ode to the 10,000 hours on my quest to learn the boundaries of gustatory pleasure. Look forward to posts containing recipes of all cuisines, pictures of dishes sampled all over the world (but for now the Bay Area and Sacramento), menu ideas I’m thinking about (with no direction– maybe you can take the idea and expand), and some of the events we put on in the #dinnerswithdan series. It is my intention that the pages in this site can serve as a guide, a reference, or a source of inspiration. As for recipes, some will be simple and ideally easy to replicate by any and everyone with a willingness to step foot in the kitchen. However, I will at times propose ideas that may not be for the novice with a knife. Please don’t be deterred if you try to replicate something I post and it doesn’t turn out– often that is my lack of recipe writing ability. In fact feedback is highly appreciated!

Cooking is therapeutic for some and a plain nightmare for others- to those I am sorry (my advice- keep cooking!). Luckily you don’t need to be talented cook to be a foodie– just an open mind and a curious appetite.

Live Lavishly.