I recently purchased my very own Le Creuset dutch oven. It's not the hot and hip cherry red or the bad ass (For a visual, I'm doing some rap gesture) flame color. Instead, it is cinder block/post-war grey. It's not that, that color goes well with my kitchen decor or that I think the wonderfully colorful dishes that I plan to cook will pop more with that shade...
It was on sale.
Seriously, those things cost a pretty penny and I am no Thomas Keller. A dutch oven that's on sale because it has a color flaw is just fine with me.
I am no foodie or a gourmet chef and I will never claim to be (I will occasionally frown upon the fast food joints but secretly thank God for their neon glory after my shift is over). But, I do love good food.
The thing I love most is cooking for friends and family. This whole Le Creuset purchase only happened because I invited my close friends over this weekend to cook beef bourguignon. Yes, THE beef bourguignon that's all over the movie, Julie and Julia. I was very inspired by that movie. It would be a lie if I said it didn't also turn me on to starting this blog.
Not to say that all movies influence me. I didn't go out and buy a bottle of Pinot Noir after watching Sideways...bad example. Man, that was a lie AND it makes me look like an asshole. Shit
Even though I will never have a kitchen in the Hamptons or get breast enlargements (I'm referring to what I wrote up top, incase you were joining me from the end first), with my new cookware, I'm one step closer to not calling a sandwich a Sammy and actually cooking more at home.
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