I am in the process of writing a Cookbook. My thoughts in the paragraphs below are written to this specific end.

Writer Norman Maclean on page 161 of his book “Young Men and Fire” makes the claim that “the problem of identity is always a problem, not just a problem of youth.” I wholeheartedly agree. I have spent my entire life working to find myself; I am still trying to figure out who I am. Mr. Maclean goes on to say, “the nearest anyone can find himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself.”

In this cookbook is a story of family and food and friendship and philosophy and music and art and effort and chaos and control. In this cookbook is a story that tells me (quite a lot) about myself. I feel it would be presumptuous of me to set any expectation as to what you may find, but I do actively hope that you will at least find some utility and/or a bit of enjoyment within these pages. If I have set a low bar and if I exceed expectations, so much the better.