Oblogatory Commitment: Change is Good

Many of you reading this may have received my "call to arms" today. I guess what I'm trying to achieve is an alternative community (online, "obvi") that recognizes and appreciates that food and wine brings our society together. I carefully chose the word society because many cultures have been enjoying this benefit of all things edible for centuries. Here in America, we're just catching on. This blog will be about everything but the abuse of food and alcoholic beverages, but rather, the celebration of them. I write this as a fruit fly falls into my glass of Ravenswood Merlot--even gnats want to enjoy la dolce vita! (And I ask, does the 5-second rule still count in wine?)

I decided not to completely scrap my original blog and opted to revamp it with this announcement as well as my request to all of you. There will be change. Tone will be sassier, frequency will increase and engagement will be highly encouraged! In the future, I'll be exploring more organic ways food and wine really influences and affects our everyday lives, relationships, outlooks, focus and energy. For instance, What Food Inspires You? At the moment, I'm eating chocolate and drinking red wine (the glass the bug jumped in) and typing faster than I have since my middle school keyboarding exam. Maybe it's the sugar, but hey, it's all up for debate. I'll also be examining the comical side of food and wine, the funny things we do, eat, drink and even the old adage, "We are what we eat..."

In turn for what you choose to share with me, I'll be churning your responses into stories. The tales can be gross, funny, intriguing, informative or downright outrageous. What's the most phallic food you can think of? Do you drink wine coolers when no one is looking or just when you're back in PA with your Aunt Bonnie? What's the food you eat when your husband goes to bed? Are you secretly fantasizing about Giada De Laurentiis while you're girlfriend's trying to mimic her recipe for Ligurian Fish Stew (true story...I think about her every time Chris heats up a frozen pizza)? What was the tipping point when you knew you couldn't live without your morning cup of joe? And the one I'm dying to know: Did you really stop drinking for 9 months while you were pregnant?

Maybe I've become a bit voyeuristic in my quest to revive my blog. Maybe I'm just trying to learn more about my friends or people's habits in general in regards to food and wine. What I'm sure of is that we all have a...special relationship with food and wine. What I'm seeking to find out is how we behave while in the presence or under the influence of them and how we react to one another when we're all in the same room.

Food + Wine + People = Community. Join me...