YOU ARE HERE.
And I am so glad you are.
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I love food, and I know you feel the same. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be here. I understand that your background, region, family, race, culture, whatever is impacted by food and vice versa. Now is the time for you and I to explore how food and culture intersect.
I hope you will join me on this journey to explore food and people. I have no idea where it will take us, but I do know magical things happen when we share a meal.
CL BURKINS
For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by people: What's your story? Where are you from? Why did you make the choices you've made? What is your family dynamic like? God, I can ask a thousand questions of someone because I want to know what it is like to walk a mile in their shoes.
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When I became a mom, I taught myself to cook. Neither my mother nor grandmother bestowed upon me a generational knowledge of cooking either beloved family recipes or anything else for that matter. I didn't even know how to make a box of brownies when I got married (true story). Now, I like to think I'm pretty damn good at it.
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Fast forward. My children were mostly grown. Then, the pandemic hit, and I began to understand the importance of connection, of learning to live each day, of being present in the now. So, I cooked, baked, wrote, and imagined life when we could eat out and travel again. Something began to take shape in me.
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If you think about it, times with family and friends center around a meal. You don’t text a friend to say, “Hey, do you want to meet up to discuss politics?”, or “Do you guys want to go grab a book together?” No, you ask those people in your life to connect around food and drink. It’s what you lead with, and the politics or books unfold around that connector.
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So, the idea that the most pivotal and profound moments in our lives are attached to food became a need - to explore and celebrate it. And since I’ve been blogging for over six years, I figured, “Why not marry those two passions?”
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Now, after raising 7 incredible men (that is NOT a typo) with my wife, and leaving an 11-year career in public education, it was time for me to do something I am truly passionate about: FOOD.
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So, I’ve embarked on a journey to explore and discover what the world has to offer through food, with the understanding that the escapism, aesthetic, and ultimate connection will follow.
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Yes, this is a blog about travel and food, but it’s also about life. After all: Life’s short. Let’s eat.
