It’s been a while since I posted anything to my blog, or for that matter done much at all with my web page, but I guess when you are a new parent these things happen. The last year has been an amazing adventure of constant learning and adventure and my son is a constant reminder that when everything is brand new, you really have no idea what is going on. The funny thing is I have worked in kitchens where my cooks were exactly the same way, the biggest difference being you can’t tell a baby that they are as useless as tits on a bull, and I certainly couldn’t say that to my son.
So now what do I do that he is older and becoming a child and not an infant, put bubble wrap on everything? put everything on three foot tall stilts? or do I just put gates up and trap him in the safest room in the house? I went for the third one, and it seems to be working out just fine, except he still has access to the dogs water dish and putting chairs in front of it…well he just moves the chairs. It seems I have a baby Hercules on my hands.
Now I know what your saying right about now “Justin, you’re a chef. What has this got to do with cooking?” Nothing, I just like talking about my son…he’s awesome.
So now what do I do that I have a little more time on my hands (I can hear the parents out there laughing.) It is not so much that I have more time, it just seems the time I have can be used more productively as Quinn manages to entertain himself quite well much as I did as a kid. I was going to keep this a secret for a while, so posting it on my website is close enough. About a week ago I was approached by a friend of mine who is trying to break into the e-book arena about possibly collaborating on a cookbook, I responded rather excitedly and colorfully as this is something I have been thinking about for several years. So 24 hours later we are sitting in a coffee shop looking at each and saying “what the hell do we do now?” In all honesty, it was mainly me sitting there saying “I have no insert colorful expression here idea what I am doing.” It turns out I need not have worried and should really give myself a little more credit, like I said I have thinking about doing this for a while so the ideas are there it’s just getting them out of my head and onto paper or recorded on my digital recorder.
This is the beginning of something really fun for me, I know it is not going to happen overnight but it will happen…I mean it has to, it’s right here in black and white (and that red part) and the experts say that you should write your goals down if you want to achieve them, kind of like a recipe for success. So eat up people and keep on the lookout for the next course, I’m pretty sure it’s going to be tasty.