Up until now, whenever my inner voice asked “when are you going to start a cooking blog”, it was smacked down by another voice asking that challenging question – “does the world really need another cooking blog!?”  How did the “do it” voice win?  I stumbled across a blogger who described blogging as a community – to which she welcomed new members.  I was convinced to join the community of people who love to cook and share.

The final push came from reading a holiday gift (xmas 2014) – Ovenly.  The authors, two talented and seemingly indefatigable young women - Erin Patinkin and Agatha Kulaga – write touchingly about taking inspiration from mothers, fathers and grandmothers.  A photo in the book displays a collection of well-worn recipe cards – surely most of us have, have seen, or have inherited such a recipe box overstuffed with scribbled index cards.  How, I wondered, can I optimally share my favourite recipes with family and friends?  Years ago, I did begin with a wooden recipe box – a wedding shower gift – but my life’s cooking favourites will not fit into such a wee box.  I graduated from the box to a notebook, to a binder, and now recipes torn from magazines or printed from the internet are sorted (or waiting to be sorted) into hanging folders.  Add to that over a hundred recipe books – and that’s the “post purge” count.  I wonder… can a cooking blog, in time, be the vehicle that will help me organize and share my recipes and tips? Well, let's see...

My blogging journey follows two pathways - recipes and stories – and every story is linked to food. The stories satisfy my penchant for writing. As for the recipes, I now describe this as a “legacy” blog – the collection of treasured family recipes and favourites that I leave to family and friends. (Not that I am planning on “going anywhere” just yet…) Because many recipes are Hungarian – with many more to come – I have created entire section for these. I can claim only a few recipes as “original”. The rest are a curated collection of Kitchen Bliss – almost always with modifications tips or tips. (See Recipe Attribution.)