Food Obsessed

Andy again...I am going rogue. Amanda has had some family issues so fooding (did I just create a word?) around has been limited.

So I am obsessed with Anthony Bourdain/No Reservations. If you have never seen the program, it is amazing if you love food and travel. Bourdain goes to various cities/countries and samples the food, talks to local chefs and foodies, and tries to understand the food culture of whatever place he is at. On our honeymoon in Italy, we went to one of the little shops in the Rialto Market that Anthony went to on his Venice episode and I had perhaps the best salami I have ever had. In short, Bourdain rulez. With a z.

His program last night was on obsessions. Part of it was talking to food bloggers on their obsessions with food. You have to be semi-nuts, if not full on nuts to take pictures of your food, right? Yet we do this. His comments to them are: why? What is it about food that makes us so insane? The answers were basically food is like a drug. Many people refer to this as food porn. I don't know if I want to go there, but it's probably true.

My question then to you is why? Why did you start a food blog? What is it about food that hooks you? Would you say you are obsessed with food? If so, why?

For me (I won't speak for Amanda), I know I am totally obsessed. I want to try everything I can. There is nothing I won't try. I was ridiculous when I was a child. I would only eat microwave cheeseburgers, pizza, and chicken nuggets. I was always a very large kid. Now I just want more of everything good and I want to try everything I can. I got the idea of trying to food blog because I want to share what I love with people and also to find new and amazing things from the blogger world. So far, so good. Food is awesome.

So if you are up to it, I want to know. Are we just all nuts?