Food Quotes

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world" J. R. R. Tolkien

Introductions and all that jazz

So this is my first blog post and even though I have had a blog for a couple of months now, the one thing that prevented me from writing my first blog was coming up with a name. All the names I thought of seemed lame and a little poxy. I certainly did not want to have mine as ‘Alison Bakes’ or ‘Alison Cooks’, because they sound a little generic and I am sure there are many Alison’s that cook and bake. Alison’s bitchin’ bakin’ sound a little aggressive, and as you may be able to tell, I started over analysing a simple blog name. And yet, I eventually found one that I was happy with so I decided it was time to start my blog.

So, my name is Alison and I reside in the city of Adelaide, SA in Australia. I am 21 years old, I attend the University of Adelaide studying Social Sciences (and hate every moment of it), I have two jobs and I live at home with my family. Oh yeah, and I love cooking. It is my favourite hobby and I can spend hours upon hours reading cook books, magazines, food blogs, and of course actually cooking. I also love pouring through twitter and instagram to see what my favourite chefs, cooks and fellow food lovers are up to, in a non-creepy way. 

What food do I like to cook? Umm, everything. But I do have a soft spot with the sweeter side of cooking. Baking is something I love to do, but also love to share with my friends. And for those of you that know me, you know that you benefit from this regularly. And so, my friends get baked goods regularly and my family doesn’t have to deal with the temptation of eating these goods every week.

I hope to one day turn my passion of food into my career, but I think I'm a little way off of that for now. So I will contently blog about my culinary ventures, the things I cook, things I may read, places I visit and things about my home town. But they will certainly all be food related.

Here is a small selection of my own creations and I look forward to sharing more with y'all.