There are people who love food, and there are people who take food a little too seriously. I am of the latter category. I grew up on the west side of South Bend in a terrific Polish family that made great food (in both quality and quantity) a part of any social gathering, whether for holidays, summer cookouts, or the Sunday family dinner. I guess you could say that from the very start I was raised in a culture that loved to eat, and did I ever embrace it.
By the time I was 12 I had already started on the grill cooking for every neighborhood summer block party by request; the rest is history. Now the only thing I enjoy more than sitting down to a great meal is watching others sit down to a great meal that I had prepared. I carry on that tradition, that idea that great times call for equally great eats. And, when the occasion calls for a night out, a weekend breakfast meeting, or just grabbing your favorite lunchtime foods on the go, it’s always good to know the perfect places to go that always leave your belly happy (unless you’re a fast food junkie in which case, God help you).
This is my inspiration for this blog. It picks up where my other blog, with the self-descriptive title “Home in the Kitchen”, leaves off and will talk more about great places to enjoy some awesome dishes away from home. Its purpose is to focus mainly on the locally grown establishments that really give our Michiana community its own unique flavor, because those are the kind of places that are the best kept secrets. Those are the kind of places that most people are reluctant to even try and find. Those are the kind of places that I love the most.
So I guess the journey starts here! I invite you to take it with me, and by all means, help me navigate a little by dropping in with what you think are our best and most unique pig-out spots.
By the time I was 12 I had already started on the grill cooking for every neighborhood summer block party by request; the rest is history. Now the only thing I enjoy more than sitting down to a great meal is watching others sit down to a great meal that I had prepared. I carry on that tradition, that idea that great times call for equally great eats. And, when the occasion calls for a night out, a weekend breakfast meeting, or just grabbing your favorite lunchtime foods on the go, it’s always good to know the perfect places to go that always leave your belly happy (unless you’re a fast food junkie in which case, God help you).
This is my inspiration for this blog. It picks up where my other blog, with the self-descriptive title “Home in the Kitchen”, leaves off and will talk more about great places to enjoy some awesome dishes away from home. Its purpose is to focus mainly on the locally grown establishments that really give our Michiana community its own unique flavor, because those are the kind of places that are the best kept secrets. Those are the kind of places that most people are reluctant to even try and find. Those are the kind of places that I love the most.
So I guess the journey starts here! I invite you to take it with me, and by all means, help me navigate a little by dropping in with what you think are our best and most unique pig-out spots.
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