Hello World!

Well, hello.
Let me introduce myself. My name is Alicia, and I'm addicted to cooking. I live in Chicago with my husband in our small one-bedroom apartment near North Park University, where he’s studying for his Master's in Christian Formation.

Like all good seminary wives, I work full-time to support my husband’s grad school stint and come home to perform wife-ly duties for the remaining four hours of the day after work and commuting. The wifely duties aren’t as bad as they may seem — cleaning, doing laundry, making the bed, reorganizing our small library of books that live under our coffee table, and so on.

But the one duty I love the most: the grocery store.

I’m one of the few people who can say I enjoy grocery shopping. I’ve even, on occasion, happily offered to shop for friends, family, and coworkers. They think I’m nuts.

The grocery store, on any given night, could mean many things to the average shopper — long lines, bad produce, overpriced items, packed parking lots, etc. But not to me. The grocery store, to me, is therapy. Don’t ask me why. I could go every night if I could.

This leads to the cooking aspect. Ever since I started cooking for myself in college, I’ve been an addict. I love to look at a recipe, head to the store (obviously), and pick up the goods.

This is where my blog comes in. With all this experimenting and tasting, why not document it? Hopefully, you enjoy my recipes, my bravery to try new things, and join me on the journey!