Entering the Blogging World...

In just a few short years I have gone from vowing never to read a blog to frequently visiting my friends' cooking and family blogs, and since getting engaged, pouring over wedding planning blogs. A couple of weeks ago while my soon-to-be husband, Chris was cooking and I was making our wedding invitations, I started taking pictures and thought that perhaps, I too, would actually create a blog. With less than 2 months to the wedding, a planning blog would be pretty pointless and frankly, not very interesting. Cooking, however, is something Chris & I do daily and we love finding and trying new recipes, looking for fresh, local ingredients (including growing our own on Reaton Farm). We also love sharing recipes and food with friends, hence this blog. For those of you reading this who knew me back in the day, you may be saying "Kate Cooks?" Shockingly, I do. A few years ago I lived in an apartment that had a kitchen smaller than most coat closets, and I could probably count on one hand the number of meals I made myself over the 3 years living there. Then I met Chris and he introduced me to the crazy world of knives that actually slice through tomatoes, chopping techniques, and a huge library of cookbooks. I never thought I liked cooking or was any good at it, but really I was just clueless, and since moving into a house with a kitchen about the size of my entire old apartment, I have come to love this new hobby and have learned an incredible amount about ingredients, flavors, and equipment. We spend a lot of time in the kitchen, so hopefully you will enjoy some of our creations...