Why Do I Blog?

I  started blogging almost five years ago.  I wanted to share my passion for cooking, food and WINE.  I am a curious person, ALWAYS on the search for something new to cook up.  Cooking for me is so much more than getting accolades for a tasty dinner.  It is my creative outlet, my zen time, it balances me and connects me to my garden, a farmers market, nature, art, culture – yes, food and wine is all that and more for me! Over the years ALWAYS RAVENOUS has become a collection, a hub where even I can locate my favorite recipes.  ALWAYS RAVENOUS is shaped by what I read, trends, whether culinary or health driven, travel, memories – again the list goes on.
So why do I blog?  Because food and wine are ALWAYS on my mind.  Because I want to try that new recipe or taste that bottle of wine.  Blogging keeps me on a quest to learn and discover more and then, share that excitement and joy.
Right now my focus is WINE.  When I started my Pinot Noir project, which I really started as a food and wine pairing “focus”, I stumbled across the book I am currently reading “The New California Wine” by Jon Bonne.  Reading this book is taking me down another path for a desire to learn more about wine.  The “new” California winemakers are all about terroir and what a grape varietal can, and should taste like.