Food according to Mark

Food can be various things to each person, sometimes it can fulfill that sweet tooth and sometimes it can be eaten to fuel your body for activity. Food can be a part of celebrating with friends or shared with the poor. Food can be an all-day event or can be taken down with one hand while driving. It comes in many forms, sizes, taste and colors.

I'm going to try and bring various things to whoever might end up reading this thing.

Things I plan to write about:
- recipes, all with nutritional information so you can make the decision
- tips on cooking, methods or techniques
- places to grab a bite in Houston... fancy, on the cheap, or somewhere in between
- food finds, there's a blog planned for asian grocery stores already

For those close friends, they know I have random thoughts so let me intro you to a few about food and close out this blog.

3 truths about foods.
1. Bread is awesome, whether it be bagels, challah bread, pita or naan.
2. I think nutella was left out of the bible because God didn't want us to get distracted from His Jesus message.
3. Plain peas are gross.

First time I remember cooking to impress a girl... when: senior in high school, who: girls varsity volleyball team before big play-off game, what: devils food marshmellow chocolate jelly roll cake, effect: lots of thanks, maybe a couple hugs.

If I didn't think my fat childhood would come back, I'd eat a glazed scone for breakfast everyday.

Favorite dish: Shrimp and grits, even a healthy version rocks!

My first original recipe was when I was young, less than 10. It was a sandwich on toasted bread, with peanut butter, honey, mom's homemade fig jam and bananas. This sandwich might have pushed me into a new size of husky jeans as a child.

Last thing made: granola, enough for a couple weeks.

Start of a blog

So I was encouraged recently to share my passion for food with others, friends, family, and dare I say, the rest of the world. I don't know where I'll go with this blog thing, I only recently found out about this thing called the Internet or Internets.

For right now, my goal will be to share information based on my opinion or experiences about various topics about food. You'll get to hear about my trials, tribulations and celebrations with food. I'll just tell you now, excuse my grammar, read from a content perspective, not an English professor perspective. If you want a literary masterpiece, pick up one of the classics from B&N.

I better go, I threw a ribeye in a marinade and the cast iron skillet is about to have the hots for that ribeye.