The Beginning

Hi all,

Welcome to Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice.  This is something that I have been wanting to start since I ran across Heidi Swanson's 101cookbooks in Berkeley this summer.  As an avid foodie, I find myself happiest when around food and in the kitchen.  Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice (SSEN) is to share this happiness with you all.

I plan on chronicling my food life in a cramped dorm room kitchen.  I will be sharing all my triumphs (a wonderful 3 course French meal) and failures (a miserable attempt at zucchini and potato mini quiches) over the next 8 months.  Included will be comments and complaints from my 5 suite mates about how their clothes don't fit anymore; my thoughts on class, SENIOR YEAR, and the terrifying prospect of entering the real world; and food, of course.

Most of my food inspiration comes from King Arthur Flour's Companion to Baking, the internet, and my ever-increasing supply of food magazines (I am SO glad that my campus bookstore carries them).  Sometimes, though, I just decide to hop in the kitchen and start making stuff (hence, the failed mini quiches).

Pictures of my food and my life will be included in SSEN as soon as I find my camera charger.

Oh, by the way, I tend to lose things. So if I go several days without posting, I probably just lost my blog, or the password, or my mind.  I will find it all soon enough.

I hope you all find my blog fun, entertaining, and a wee bit informative (if only about my insanity)...

Peace, love, and baked goods!