Just In The Nick of Time: A Potluck

You see those people huddled around that table of food? They were at the second annual Food Blogger Potluck, hosted by Garrett and Elise here in Sacramento yesterday.  That potluck came Just In The Nick of Time for this blog, because June is the month I was going to either renew my blog subscription for another year or let Rookie Cookery slide into the oblivion of recycled pixels and cyber-dust, or whatever happens to dead blogs when they go poof off the internet.

I've decided to let my blog live.  And while it might have been nice for you to be reading about the potluck now, and all the fabulous food and fascinating people I enjoyed yesterday,  in fact this post is all about me, me, me, and my obsession about what to do and where to go with this little blog o mine.  You might as well know now that  I am going to indulge myself in the next post or two about the fate of my blog, namely what exactly I aim to accomplish with it, taking into account my personal interests in food, and my creative energy, time constraints etc. 

But in the mean time I want you to know that I loved the food potluck yesterday, and I loved being both impressed and humbled by the talents expressed by the attendees. Mostly I was inspired: Inspired to keep learning new things,  to explore new foods and savor much more of what the world has to offer. 

Because it's an awesome world, filled with really great people, and I want to share it. What better way to connect and celebrate than through food?

It's fitting that I should be inspired to keep blogging by a potluck, because "potluck" is pretty much what you'll find in these posts.  You may never quite know what you'll be getting, but I will try to keep it interesting and tasty.

Yeah, I think this rookie's gonna stick around.  If you enjoy a potluck, I hope you'll visit now and then. 

Comments

[Eileen]

It was nice meeting you and your family at the potluck. I'm glad your keeping your blog going I really enjoy it.

Eileen

[Kalyn]

You guys are so lucky to have a good group of bloggers all living close to each other. There are a few others in Salt Lake and I think we're going to have a pot luck too.

Glad to hear you're keeping the blog. I read it in RSS so I don't leave too many comments, but I always enjoy reading it.

[BumbleVee]

My food and recipe blog is a bit of hit and miss too...but I like to toss on recipes and hints every so often. My regular blog takes up a bit more time. I wish I could figure out how to do a list on the sidebar and where to put all the recipes instead of just on the blog...but... not enough desire to learn as much as I need I guess. Maybe some day...but not today.

I enjoy finding and reading lots of new food blogs....

[debby]

Hi we met at the potluck. I really enjoyed the asparagus. I was Everything On a Waffle and had to change the name of the blog. I'm glad you're keeping it up. The potluck was inspiring and what a really nice bunch of people.