Welcome everyone! To introduce myself, my name is Katie. I’m 24 years old, recently graduated from SUNY New Paltz and I am now working in the hustling-bustling world that is New York City. What a difference! Going from a small town on Long Island to an even smaller community up in New Paltz to now the big apple! I’m in the stage of my life where I cannot anticipate the future but live in the “now” and chase after my dreams… small or big. I don’t know what the next step is. But to me, that’s exciting! I feel like the cliche saying that the “world is at my fingertips”.
As you can probably tell from the name of this blog, I love to cook. You’re probably thinking okay… can this girl really cook? I’d like to think so! Cooking is not only a hobby but a passion. My mother told me that I began to cook at the age of four (with plenty of supervision of course.) The first real item I ever made was an omelette… at four! Ever since then there’s been no stopping me. I can’t even begin to tell you how many omelettes I have made since that very first time. Whereas some kids were sucked into video games, expensive pocketbooks or playing cards… my heart was in experimenting with all different foods and flavors. It’s without surprise that my all time favorite toy was the Easy Bake Oven. It still blows my mind that I could produce a baked good with a light bulb. It’s genius!
But as I grew older, my culinary confections evolved from strictly cooking into the world of baking. I know many people say that baking is the toughest because everything has to be exactly right. The measurements, the order in which the ingredients are mixed, and even when folding in the “dry” with the “wet” counts tremendously. I don’t know what it is about baking, but it’s just something that I get. When I do what I love, it brings me into a world where I can concentrate on one thing and escape from everything else. If I’m stressed, I bake. (Which coincidentally is convenient for my friends and family… free baked goods.) We are told to do what makes us happy, and I am. One of my many life bucket list items will be checked off when I complete this first post. I have always wanted to do a blog. I studied abroad in Ireland for 4 months and did a traveling one. It truly enabled me to take every thought, experience and moment and document it. With this blog I hope to do the same.
A Treat To Eat is not restricted to a genre or a specific style of cooking. This blog will be about me and all of my wonderful experiences traveling around both Long Island and NYC. I am an avid writer and want to focus this blog on reviewing restaurants, eateries, hidden gems and more. With my new found passion for food writing/critiquing I want to share my journey with you all. Throughout my posts, I hope to make you laugh while making your taste buds tingle and your stomach rumble. One of my biggest goals with this blog is to move forward with my love of the culinary community and do something that reflects my personality/essence. Whether it’s a review on your already favorite establishment or a new finding of a restaurant you’ve been dying to go to… maybe my experiences will fuel your inspiration in whatever form that may be.
Thank you.
Katie
A Treat To Eat 