After many months of talking about starting a food blog, I finally have! I must say the biggest challenge was finding a name for it – as many of my friends are aware! I was out for a walk the other day and had a bit of a lightbulb moment – why not name it after 3 of my favourite foods! So, here we are:
Chocolate – goes without saying really. I’m definitely a quality over quantity girl, and 1-2 squares of great tasting – and great quality – chocolate is enough to satisfy even the biggest of chocolate cravings. For many years my favourite has been dark Lindt chocolate (especially the Orange Intense) and the peppermint Lindor balls. Mmmm. However, after visiting San Francisco and Ghiradelli again in 2008, Lindt face stiff competition – especially from the Ghiradelli raspberry and the Ghiradelli peanut butter. I’ll be stocking up the next time I go!
Cheese – a few years ago cheese took over from chocolate as my #1 favourite food. Family legend has it that one of the first solid foods I ate was blue cheese – and it’s been a bit of a staple ever since! The stinkier the better. My whole family are into cheese and there were (and still are) at least 3-4 varieties in the fridge at any one time. Sadly, cheese is not great for the waistline, so my consumption has been radically reduced in recent years! Family get togethers always, always include a cheese platter. With a bottle of red or 3.
Chips – yep, I’m a chip lover. From hot and salty chips eaten at the beach to the packet of potato chips (Kettle of course – but no relation!) eaten in front of the telly. For years I have been threatening to write a book on the best hot chips in the world – not sure how I’d get funding, but I do believe it would be a public service.
Rest assured however, dear reader, this blog will not only contain posts about Chocolate, Cheese and Chips. It will include recipes I try (and experiement with), new ingredients (well, new to me – not necessarily new to you), reviews of books, gadgets, foods and the odd eating establishment, and all my other adventures in food.
I’d love to hear what you think – feel free to comment or email.
Congratulations Mel on your first post. I love all those things too.
Yay Mel, congratulations! As a super fan of all of those Vitamin C’s 🙂 I can’t wait to tune in to your upcoming adventures!
Woo hoo! Welcome to blogging! I’ll be a regular reader seeing as you’ve named it after 3 of my favourite things… 🙂
Awesome to see you’ve started this Mel! Yay!
Sister, I hear you on the Ghiradelli…oh yeah. So good. Did you visit the factory in San Fran?
Thank you all for your kind words! Yes, of course I went to Ghiradelli in San Fran – I think I went on 4 of the 7 days I was there! Yummy!!