Inaugural Post

Amidst much nagging encouragement from my cousin Katie and inspiration from my friend Kristen's blog, I have decided to enter the blogging world. I don't have a concrete purpose or theme for this blog, but I have always loved to write academic works yet I never exercised my creative side so much. Perhaps this is my opportunity to do so. I also don't expect many people to read or be interested in what I have to say, but peRhaps commiting myself to writing will be therapeutic for me in the way that cooking and baking has become.

I faithfully read many food blogs and they essentially have taught me to cook ever since I moved out of my parents' house in 2010. The Pioneer Woman blog was very influential for me when I first started cooking and baking, although I am no "pioneer woman" nor would I ever want to be one. I am a city girl through and through. Regardless, I hope this blog will feature many food posts in which I describe successfull--and failed--attempts at making dishes I find on other people's blogs. As Theodore Laurence, a character from my favorite novel Little Women, once said when describing his music, "[they are] mediocre copies of another man's genius." That is, I have yet to create a recipe entirely on my own and rely on recipes--they are my crutch. I just don't have the skills to make up something on my own. I need steps!

As for the title of this blog, I also give the credit to my cousin Katie. She thinks I should name my future bakery "Breakfast at Stefanie's." It was also inspired from my love of Audrey Hepburn. I first saw the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's in high school and essentially fell in love with Audrey Hepburn then. Looking back, though, I don't know what my mother was thinking in allowing me to watch it, but I definitely didn't understand it all that well...I had no clue Holly Golightly was a call girl/hooker...I honestly thought she was a young woman trying to make her way in New York City who happened to meet Paul, or "Fred," who was just as lost as she was. And, although I'm not a call girl by any means, I find myself feeling like Holly some days...if you're familiar with the movie this needs no explanation.

This concludes my first post of my first blog. I hope to share my love of food, fashion, and travel through this outlet and I welcome you to share the journey with me!