I have become a foodie. Matt’s entirely to blame. Before I met him my favorite foods were craft macaroni and cheese, burgers, and pizza. Okay, those are still my favorite. How about this: I was terrified to try new food and had little knowledge of ingredients or cooking methods. Now I’ll try anything once and have learned a lot about how food is made. I’ve learned why it’s worth paying more for Parmesean cheese in block form rather than buying the Kraft stuff in a can, how to braise a pork loin, and when you should use fresh tomatoes versus fresh ones. It’s taken several years, many hours of TV chef watching, and listening to Matt’s diatribes but it’s happened.

I’ve become picky about the quality of the food I eat. This isn’t to say I won’t eat fast food. I still LOVE fast food far more than is healthy. But I don’t go there expecting a good meal, just a greasy one. When we go out to eat, instead of being hard to please in terms of ingredients (particuarly vegetables), I’m picky about how my beef is cooked or the fact that my pasta’s a little overdone.

Matt asked me to help him create a food blog and I got it all set up over the weekend. He’ll do all of the cooking and most of the writing for it while I’ll continue taking bad photos of his food. I’ve been promised I can write when we go out to eat which I’m really excited about. Anyway, go check out the blog and leave some comments. (Link.)