Gonna attempt to learn to cook....sigh.

I don't really like to cook.  I'm satisfied with a bowl of cereal.  Easy to make.  Easy to clean up.

I'm 30 now and was thinking that I might possibly want to be a grown up and learn to cook.  I don't really have a desire to abandon my bachelorette ways entirely, but making a decent meal every now and again doesn't sound like a bad plan.

Hopefully this journey into the culinary world will be good for me and I'll make more things than pasta with a jar of pasta sauce.  I am vegetarian, but it's possible that I will attempt to make some meaty meals and rely on my carnivore friends to tell me if they taste good or not.  I'm scared to do meat though, especially chicken.  I don't want to get anyone sick.

Entertaining I do well, but rely on deli/bakery treats or Tastefully Simple to help with the spread.  Dinner parties have never been my thing though.  At the end of this journey, I will celebrate with a dinner party of my favorite dishes.

Wanting to learn more about wine and pairings, I will be integrating that into the experience as well.  Epicurious does a lovely job of listing pairings thanks to partnering with Snooth. I am going to try my darndest to only pair with local/Oregon wines. 

I had a fun time with my blog posts about being 30.  I didn't get all 30 in due to celebrating my 30th, but came very close.  I am hoping that this blogging project will be more successful.

I'm not doing this to become Julie Powell.  I'm just recording my journey.  I don't anticipate anyone really following me.  If they do,  I hope to just entertain them with my witty insights and bad jokes.  I doubt anyone will learn anything that will help them in their own kitchen.  I am just attempting to better myself and not be so annoyed by the kitchen.