If you are what you eat...

and you are a cannibal, then that quote makes a lot of sense to you right away.
If I am the last thing I ate, I am a cracker and beer, and that makes sense too.

A little background
I'm a third year anthropology student with an interest in the anthropology of food (also called nutritional anthropology.) I'm starting this blog as an assignment for a nutrition class called Food Culture: Consuming Passions (which coincidentally shares its name with my favorite southern cooking book.) I'll be focusing on new food experiences and general musings on food, especially in the Bay Area and the Midwest and related to organic agriculture and vegetarianism. I detest food snobbery and will do my best to avoid it-- there is residue on my keyboard because I was eating Honey Nut Cheerios out of the box, so that will keep me humble.

I will be writing regularly until April 27th, 2009, and I might continue depending on how it goes.

My promises to me and you:

• I'll try to avoid using the phrase "party in my mouth."
  
• I'll avoid posting photos of myself eating food. I'd rather read a good description than see someone's open mouth.
  
• I'll try to not write like a yelper. (Don't know what I'm talking about? Check out http://www.yelp.com/)
  All images will be mine unless they are stills, promotional shots, or otherwise noted.