My co-worker Kristen has a foodie blog which I saw once, then forgot about.

Well, I remembered it again.

I like, as they say, the cut of her jib.

My name is Steve. I’m a communications professional, freelance writer, blogger, and husband and father to three (going on four) in the Washington DC metropolitan area.

One of my passions, along with my lovely wife, is gastronomy. The flavors of food and drink prepared painstakingly and with love are among life’s finest pleasures, and for a guy like me, just about any trip to the store winds up turning into an adventure. I like to try new things. I like to establish traditions with things worth going back to. In the process, I frequently stumble across treasures that I later can’t recall.

That’s what this blog is about. It’s my own little journal to keep notes on the things that I’ve tried. It will be mostly devoted to beer and wine, but I’ll post entries on cheese, chocolate, coffee, restaurants or whatever I come across that I find exceptional.

I’m not an expert. I’m just a guy who loves flavors, and sees that food is more than fuel – it’s art, it’s culture, it’s familial, it’s sentimental. It’s what brings people together, and often enough, what sets us apart. Food is knowledge. Everyone needs to eat, but each cuisine brings its own uniqueness to the table, telling a story about produce and fauna and climate and history, all in each wonderful bite.

In an attempt to be accurate in my descriptions, I’ll be trying to use the terms that sommeliers and foodies the world over apply as tools of the trades. I have no doubt I will use them incorrectly. That’s part of the fun.