I don't know what I am doing, but it's fun!

Ciao tutti!

I am not a cook and I have never fancied myself a good preparer of food in my life. But, that all changed two and a half years ago, as I went from being a moderately unhealthy eater (cheap meat, milk, lots of cheese, pre-packaged meals, - I mean, I was a grad student!) to a straight up vegan. Yep, literally in one week I gave up all meat and dairy. That first week I ate like twenty bowls of cereal and lots of spaghetti, but I realized that eventually I would have to start thinking about how I could sustain this choice reasonably without going crazy, and at least at the beginning, without spending too much time in the kitchen.

I found that I had to reconfigure my entire conception of food. I had to actually think about what I was putting in my body, and what benefits (ahem, protein) I would be getting in each mouthful. Slowly, and I admit at times quite disastrously, I began to experiment in the kitchen with strange new foods with textures that I had never before seen let alone eaten! It has been a long and sometimes unsavory adventure, but in the last two years I have discovered that cooking is FUN, relaxing, creative, and gratifying in a way that I never would have known as an omnivore!

This blog is a dedicated to my culinary exploits and I hope will serve as a repository for other new and old vegans looking to eat well and live well.

Grazie!
Joey