Jennie's Grandson

When I started this blog a few years ago, it was originally intended to be– for the most part– a food and wine blog, with an occasional meandering thought on other things that interested me. As time went on il fm evolved into something so much more. In it's current form– it is as the blog description suggests– a place for all my obsessions.

So the other day, what was supposed to be a straight forward email to friends containing a recipe for pizza dough– ended up being a several paragraph forum on flour type, kneading technique, and the necessary tools to build a first rate pizza– laced with a slight dose of snark and NY pizza chauvinism. I did eventually get to the recipe....

The subject line of the email was pizza as I see it. It was received with good humor as it was intended, and it was suggested I perhaps start a food blog discussing food related ideas as I see it. It was sort of an ah-ha moment. It's pretty well known that I regularly go on (and on and on...) about some meal I had, or plan to have, or wish I had, as well as wax on about pantry items and the latest charcuterie fetish.

I know what you're thinking: Great... another food blog on the web...fantastic!
Typically I'd agree with the sentiment, but the fact is I do go on (and on and on...) about these things and hey, why not get it down on paper– so to speak.

If you've been following along with this blog, you might recall an earlier post about me spending a lot of my younger years in one of the smallest kitchens in Brooklyn at my grandmother's side. Her influence on what was to become my culinary psyche is everlasting. For that reason, in an effort to share the conversation she started with me a long time ago– and with your continued indulgence– I offer Jennie's Grandson!