Introducing Myself

[the.health...@gmail.com]

Hello,

In one of your posts below, you said that you'd like to know a little
bit about the folks who have signed up for the group. Thought I'd try
to answer some of your questions!

I've been a foodie since a pretty young age--I remember "reading"
cookbooks as early as age 10. In 1999 I decided to take a break from
college to figure out what I really wanted to be studying. I got a job
at a gourmet food store, and moved into my first apartment. That is
when I really started to cook (I'd cooked for my family when I was
growing up, but I didn't get particularly creative)and to collect
cookbooks.

I returned to school and created my own bacherlor's degree program in
interdisciplinary food studies. These studies included food ethics,
anthropology, sociology, and anything else that I could manage to
relate to food. While there, I published 4 food articles in a local
periodical, and wrote a commentary for Vermont Public Radio.

These days I'm in a full-time M.A. program that is focused on the
American Diet and Cuisine. I also have a job helping to write an
on-line chocolate encyclopedia. Unfortunately, in addition to these
things, I work full-time, so I'm extremely busy. I have an idea for a
novel that is food related, and I would love to write more articles for
publication, but at this point, it's not really feasible. I am going
to be starting a blog related to food issues. Once it's up, I'll post
a link.

Anyway, that's me!

[The Food Palate]

Hi there,

 

Thanks for your introduction. It is great to hear about your very experience with food writing.

 

I look forward to checking out your food blog. As you may already be aware there is a proliferation of food blogs from all over the world.

 

In reply to your question about replying to posts; if you have activated the option to have group messages sent to your inbox, you can reply as you would a regular email. There should be a reply option on all the posts. I will check out the posts from the past and see if there is an option. It may have been a case that you can access posts from the time you have joined.

 

Thanks again for your introduction.

 

Deborah

 

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Deborah
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