New blog considered

I've been thinking quite a bit about my blog and what is going to happen to it after I finish my dissertation. After all, this was the true purpose of my blog: to give me an outlet for my thoughts so I could sit down and write my dissertation thoughts. It has served me well over the last year and I am sure it will continue to do so up until the second week of December when the dissertation is defended and official record of progress is full of signatures.

But beyond that? Here's my idea -- A year of dinners. Essentially a diary of how I plan, cook, and execute dinners over the course of a year; from the Sunday grocery list, weekly meal plan, and recipes to the whims of the local produce, my (nearly) 5-year-old daughter, and our bank account.

One of my inspirations for the new blog is last night's dinner. We had our new babysitter over for dinner and I knew I was going to make roasted butternut quash, but wasn't sure what to put with it when I remembered the garlic and herb pork tenderloin I'd made nearly a year ago. I couldn't remember exactly how I made it, but did remember that I put in a link to the recipe on my blog....sure enough there it was. And it was as good as I'd remembered. So this blog turned out to be a nice resource for previous dinners.

So there you go....365 Dinners debuting on January 1, 2008!