Introduction

This is all started because The Girlfriend says I write interesting emails, that I write like I speak. I guess I can't help but write long circular emails; I am southern after all. Maybe being southern makes me enjoy food, or maybe being 'raised up' in a household that ate regionally before that was chic and with my roots in Appalachia, I love food. I know the blog title is eating AND drinking, but I don't have to explain the latter, it just comes naturally.

The two biggest problems with creating a blog are time and spelling. We'll see how the issue of time works out, but I have to say that websites with "Latest News" or "Recent Press" tabs that contain, as the newest post, something a year old really slay me, as do blogs to which I am pointed that have not had a post in the last several months. The other issue is my problem. I cannot spell. It was my mother's cross to bear; she could write perfectly crafted paragraphs in the dark while sleeping. I don't mind comments on the spelling but be kind, no smart-ass editors! Recently I sent around a list of wines with tasting notes, very 'laa-di-da' and I misspelled Burgundy. Two people commented kindly and I haven't made the mistake again, yet.

Anyway, I have the pleasure of traveling regularly between Paris and New York City. Thankfully, I love to fly, but most of all I am consumed planning my next meal. A motto for this blog could be: Eating is Theatre, and it is a pleasure to share my world's stage and fellow actors with you, the Audience.

One of the tidbits to be learned, Audience, is my philosophy about the Golden Ratio. Good food and drink is not just price - high or low - nor is it just about taste or quantity, but it is about the ratio of price to quality. I believe that all good food and drink need to have a ratio close to 1; memorable street food can be as great for a couple of bucks as a 4-star, 4-$ restaurant meal.

Other features soon to be more obvious are my current obsession with wines from Burgundy - both red and white - and my disapproval of drinking them too young, my love of 'deconstructed' cuisine, and my dislike for eating alone.

With those warnings, I look forward to sharing my pleasures!