let's start at the very beginning

Now, you see, I've got a kitchen. And in this kitchen, stuff happens. There's the kitchen dancing, the cooking, the ranting and raving, the writing, and the work. Some people who have been in my various kitchens over the years have requested "recipes". Because I am not a naturally obliging person, it has taken me years to get around to doing this, and I'm still not going to post recipes. Guidelines, yes. Pictures, occasionally. Vague directions about ingredients, sure as hell. I'm not very good at doing things the way the directions say I should, and this works out just fine for me, thanks very much. 

Maybe this will be just another cooking blog. Maybe not. We'll see where it goes, and if it all goes horribly wrong, I've noticed that there's a delete button somewhere.