Life Begins at 30

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This little blog turns six years old this week. I was being interviewed for a project recently and was trying to describe why I started my blog. At the time, there were very few food bloggers, and I started because I needed a creative outlet. I always thought that I didn't start with any specific purpose, but looking back at the beginning, it's obvious that I was destined to write about food and farmers and farmers markets. The most remarkable thing about starting Life Begins at 30 is how much it has infiltrated every part of my life. Even when I'm not writing here on a daily basis, things I do each day are some way related to the fact that I started this blog. When I sat down to write this post, I went through every blog post I've written to find my favorites. The posts you see quoted below may surprise you -- they are not necessarily the most popular, or the most important. But to me, they played an interesting part in the life of this blog. Thanks friends and readers. You are the reason this blog is still going. Year 1 My first hint that something was very different about this coffee is when I saw their booth at the Ferry Building Farmer's Market. Instead of large carafes of already made coffee, customers were standing around for approximately 5-10 minutes to wait for their coffee as it was individually dripped by a woman who poured hot water through a filter by hand. We ordered cafe au laits, and the addiction began. The coffee was full-bodied and wonderfully flavored, and not burnt-tasting, overly roasted or scalding hot. We almost went back 15 minutes later to get another. ( Blue Bottle Coffee Company, 02/2004 ) Year 2 We wrote them a note. R wrote it on the back of a Chez Panisse postcard and it said something to the effect of "Dear Six Apart people, congratulations on the new release. We love it (actually we drew a heart here). You are our celebrity blogger sighting of the week. You rock (yes .... we did write you rock)! From two loyal Type Pad bloggers." ( This is where I geek out, 11/2004 ) Year 3 At the end of the session, she said to me, "In Chinese medicine, they say that whatever you are deficient in, you should eat it. Now I'm not telling you to go gnaw on a bone, but do you cook?" "Oh, I cook. And I have a bunch of chicken carcasses in my freezer." ( Two Day Chicken Soup, 08/2006 ) This week I shopped for myself for the first time. And I was stopped cold as I was in the store trying to figure out what I wanted to eat ... not what I should eat, or what I'd like that he liked, but solely what I wanted for the next week. No tofu went into my basket, no jam, no rice, and no fat-free yogurt. I found cereal and cheese and popcorn and (gasp!) boxed macaroni and cheese. ( September Changes, 09/2006 ) Year 4 I am eating the most amazing things. Yesterday, I ate five fruits that I had never eaten before ... The best thing I ate today was grilled pork from a street vendor wrapped in "la lot" -- a pepper/betelnut leaf. Wrap that all in lettuce and add spices and fresh herbs, and it makes for an amazing snack.

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