Introducing: Toast

Despite a lifelong obsession with food preparation, food culture, food shopping, kitchen equipment and kitchens, travel and food, food history and food literature, I am a happy amateur. I have not wished to be a chef, farmer, baker, shopkeeper, kitchen contractor, or restaurant critic. It has been my experience that many otherwise excellent activities lose a lot of their charm when they must turn a profit or provide a living. (Painting and gardening come to mind. I know that my father, a musician, felt this way about music. The rest of us enjoyed it more than he did, I'm afraid.)
So I don't envy the professionals, or yearn to quit my job and make my way tempering chocolate or raising heritage turkeys. (I wouldn't mind ditching work altogether, but I'd starve.)    I find, though, that frequent reading of food blogs has turned me unexpectedly and intensely jealous. Suddenly, in my middle age, nothing else will do. I am going to have to write about food.

I do realize that there is no crying need for another voice about food on the internet. But it really can't be helped. I'm Toast...and I'm delighted to be doing this.

Comments

[Annie]

Hi Lindy,
Have just been reading your blog - such a treat. I think you are very wise to not have tried to make a living with food - I love to bake and actually bought a bakery but couldn't make a go of it in Estes Park, CO - too seasonal. But I still love to bake. Good luck with this - I have added Toast to my favorites so will be keeping track of you.

I've been looking into CSA's here in Colorado but don't see any very close - did find one who delivers to my area so may check that out. Do you split a share with someone or try to use the whole share?

Annie

[Lindy]

Annie- thanks. My farmer does different sizes of shares, and, if you like, you can have one only every other week. I did that one year, but it wasn't quite enough veggies for me. So now I do a whole small share. I have company to dinner alot, but I'm still often overcome with lettuce.

[Jason Marz]

I've just found your blog and I am very interested in it. The name attracted me to you. I LOVE TOAST!!!!!!!!!!