Why do I Blog?…2 main reasons

1 – because the caliber of food based journalism here on the coast is very upsetting, don’t make me start on the journo (writing for the Bulletin) who tells me she is a vegan and how advertorial based most all the publications here are…that will soon be changing with a new magazine I’ll have a share in producing

2- as a cookery teacher it allows me to further develop my students way of looking at food of today, a portal for them to read my food based stories/recipes etc and also to jettison them to websites all over the world…in class there is only limited time, my students have welcomed it with such enthusiasm.

Your site is well good

I contribute to PDP because I have a need to write down my thoughts about recent food experiences or general musings on the whole range of issues that are related to food production and consumption. Otherwise, like others have said, I’d start boring my husband or having random conversations with old ladies on busses just to get the thoughts out there.

Zoe’s site provides a home to riff on a theme, ponder, get creative and, as she said, stretch the writing muscles that don’t get much of a work out writing policy recommendations papers in my job.

I’d never been convinced about the whole blogging/ forums thing till I found PDP. On non-food sites the debate seemed to degenerate from “this band/ politician/ etc is crap” to “everyone’s got a right to their own opinion”, which got very boring very fast and is a death sentence for interesting, robust debate. On other food blogs, it seemed more about the photos or recipe of the week, which is fine, but didn’t really give space to talking about the wider issues attached to food.

So I agree with others, that participating in blogging is about sharing a specialised interest with a group of likeminded individuals where I can be as super food nerdy as I like!

AOF and I have lots of conversations around why we blog – it’s good to remind yourself from time to time. I blog because, like ya say, my partner loves good food, but my obsession with fennel and the like border on weird even for him and, more importantly, it gives me a space in which to show my work. Like a journal/portfolio-thing.

Will go mad if you and I don’t finally meet in the flesh, m’dear. Will rearrange diary if need be.

Oh, and your quinces? That was a fabulous shot. An Iphone has lots of slightly wacky, interesting options for taking pics – just a thought. I’ve seen some interesting stuff on flickr. Just a thought.

hope to see you when you come down.