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It all started in January, 2004. At the time, I lived in Atlanta, Georgia and I was a third year law student at Emory University. While most of the students around me aspired to lucrative careers as toxic tort attorneys or Supreme Court justices, I spent my days thinking about soufflé. This was a funny fact because I didn’t grow up in a family where there was any cooking (though my parents certainly loved food).
I’d come home from a long day of law school, my brain would be fried, and the only thing I could tolerate on TV was Food Network. I found it soothing. These were the days of Sara Moulton and Mario Batali; I’d watch their shows as a form of relaxation/meditation. Eventually, though, I decided that I’d give cooking a go. And once I started, I couldn’t stop.
Which is why I started the blog. I wanted to document everything I was learning as I learned it. Also: I wanted to throw myself a lifeline to escape a career in the law.
And sure enough, that’s what happened. Since starting my blog, I moved to New York (I came to study playwriting at NYU’s Tisch School of Dramatic Writing, but my food career took off before my theater career did). Once here, I sold my first book