Holiday Spirits

Happy Holidays, everyone! Things have been changing here on The Moonsault Chef. Over the last couple of months I've been watching the site and seeing what interests i'm developing. And a few changes are going to be occurring. They're small changes, but I thought you might want to know what they are. First off, I'm deemphasising the recipe section. Instead of trying to put a TON of recipes on the site, i'm going to put a few personal favorites up each month. As much as I love to cook, and am in fact working on a cookbook, I wanted the site to be more of an information station than a recipe station. Also, I became a certified food writer earlier this month, and i'm going to be writing a series of weekly articles for the site, and am looking at the possibility of syndicating my articles in the near future. I hope you'll find the articles entertaining; the first of those articles, about my recent experiences getting the chance to cook in America's Test Kitchen during my last food writing class, should appear in the near future. In January, i'll be launching "The Moonsault Chef", a daily 3-minute audio show with cooking tips, recipes, and news, that will be available on both this site, and offered for free to any other site that would be interested in carrying it, as well as internet and broadcast radio that's interested in it. Watch for details soon! Also, i've undertaken the job of doing regular food-related book reviews. The reviews appear here on MSC and are also being uploaded to Amazon.Com. I'm hoping my views can be helpful to those who may need some advice on whether or not to spend hard-earned money on books and the like. As the middle part of the first decade of the 21st century continues (that's 2005 to those of you who don't get it, hee hee hee), I hope to be doing a lot of interesting projects, and I hope you'll continue to be along for the ride. In the meantime, i'm working right now on planning a menu for a weekend party with our (my fiancee and I) closest friends. We're getting together to watch all three Harry Potter movies, exchange presents, and generally have a nice day hanging out with each other. Naturally, food is in the mix somewhere, and i'm the Chef D'Jour, so things could get really interesting... Keep watching the site, keep checking in, and we'll head into a brand new year together soon. In the meantime, Happy Holidays to everyone, and may everyone be richer in the joy of the season! TC