Welcome to your blog, self.
Why thank you, self!
It's only right that I start this whole thing off with some sort of introduction. My name is Nick. I love vegetables. I love vegetables so much that, when I was a kid, I would get upset if I couldn't get a salad with my dinner. I'd eat radishes and carrots before chocolate. I was, in all posible ways, a complete and total vegetable nerd.
Never in my life, however, have I been a vegetarian. I have never had the desire to be a vegetarian. To be quite honest, I see killing animals for food as a systematic part of an organism's lifecycle (except for herbivores - and let's not kid ourselves here...they're just there to be eaten, anyway). Nonetheless, humans are social creatures and we have two choices: adapt to those around us, or turn into Mel Gibson, drink heavily and go on an occasional anti-semitic rant or two in between bouts of domestic violence. Those are the choices - adapt...or Mel Gibson.
As I enjoy the company of others, I chose to go with adapt, so when my longtime girlfriend and I moved in together this past August, I had to learn to cook vegetarian style. Of course(note the "longtime" above), I had already been cooking and living this way for a while, so it isn't really that tough. Plus, I love vegetarian food. I love it so much that, nowadays, I eat it most of the time. That does not mean that I don't get TREMENDOUS pork/beef/chicken/goose/elk/buffalo/foie gras/bacon (yes, those last two are separate categories) cravings.
What am I aiming to do here? I'm aiming to show that vegetarian food doesn't have to be awful. In fact, it should be delicious. Vegetarians and meat eaters alike should demand that restaurants, chefs, what have you, take the time to appreciate and further what vegetables have to offer.
So, let me finish up this little introduction in this manner: I want to cook vegetarian food that meat eaters, like myself, will WANT to eat. Am I looking to replace meat, NO WAY. That's disgusting and results in disgusting atrocities like seitan and tofurkey. I'm just trying to make food that tastes good to keep my vegetarian girlfriend and my carnivore self happy. Of course, that involves cooking meat sometimes, so expect to see some meat here. Tasty, tasty meat.
In summary, I leave you with this...a picture of my adorable dog. Suck it, other dogs!
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