more on beginnings

Cooking, drinking, cats, Alameda...Josh already laid out some of what will surely figure in most of our posts. What else might show up, and why?

Our friend Aly dubbed us radical homekeepers but neither of us feels up to such a lofty title right off. Adding "experiments in" feels more honest, since we both like dabbling in new recipes, crafty-type projects and so forth. Example: our recent purchase of a (long desired) ice cream maker already has us scheming about all the flavors we can create, plus all the desserts we'll need to go with. This naturally leads to some serious ponderings regarding which liquor should be first into the ice cream maker. If we're adding booze to the ice cream, what kind of cocktail does one make to sip on while waiting on the ice cream?

So maybe not so much radical as experimental. One homekeeping experiment leads into the next. Either or both of us might stop in to share random thoughts about herb gardens, sourdough starters, coffee-roasting, cheese-making, or brewing beer. We're already involved in some of these while others are new endeavors. Herb gardens lead to drying herbs, making tea, and back into cocktails. Sourdough opens up questions about the perfect calzone crust or english muffin recipe.

And then there's the cat. The cat clearly needs some room to express himself.

Plus all the things we both love about Alameda (and the East Bay in general), other places we like to visit, and the people scattered everywhere whom we want to keep up with. Since most of those lovely folks tend to be foody, drinky, crafty types too, we wanted to set up a space to chronicle things...a clearinghouse of sorts for all the times we've said, "I'll send you that recipe, link, photo, etc." Since we don't always actually follow through, now folks can come here.