Hello, hiatus

I really hate to admit this, but I've got a serious case of cooking burnout and writer's block. So considering we're taking off for California soon, I'm going to sign off on this blog until at least the first of June. If it looks like the change of scenery is inspiring, I'll start up the blog again while I'm out West; but I may just take a total break and start anew when I return to Charlottesville in July.

BTW, this is my 400th post, and the blog has had almost 11,000 hits since I started it up. It's been a lot of fun, and in some ways, it's been the most satisfying writing I've done, especially when people tell me what has worked for them or not.

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- Lori K

Year 2, new look

Well, since I've been at this for a year now, I thought it might be fun to play with the look of this blog. Any comments? Like it? Don't like it? Like the darker look better? Any other suggestions? I'll take any and all of your suggestions seriously. I look forward each day to sharing my love of all things food with you - and learning more about this wonderful world we consume and digest.

The oyster is her world

Today, I'd like to recognize a fellow blogger with a tough shell, Erin Byers Murray. According to boston.com, this food writer

has traded the trappings of urban life (she was Boston editor of the online newsletter “Daily Candy”) for hip boots and a year working – and blogging – at Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury. The thing that makes her blog Shucked a good read is discovering along with Murray just what hard work oyster farming is – and how much fun it seems to be.