About Meandering Eats

Meandering Eats started as Adventures of an Amateur Foodie in August 2007. It was originally a journal of my exploration of San Diego's restaurants. It expanded to traveling and home-cooking, with traffic and attention building in 2008. Right when things were moving along nicely for my little blog, I stopped.

Why stop?

I needed time off to truly, once-and-for-all deal with my issues with depression. Along the way, I was married to my wonderful, amazing, patient, awesome (sappy, sappy, sappy) sweetheart. There might have been a little kicking and screaming along the way. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out whether or not I wanted to continue my career in research or switch to medicine, where I can work with people. The next thing I knew, I was up to my elbows in MCAT prep materials and an overwhelming sense of peace. I was finally doing what I really wanted to do: use the analytical skills from my scientific background to work with and help people. To hell with statistics, which say that given my age, undergraduate GPA, and "non-traditional" attributes, I will face a very difficult application process.

2009 was battling personal demons. 2010 was battling the beast known as medical school application. There was no time to blog... not that my heart was in it.

2011? It's back to blogging, but it feels like starting from square one. I went to Food Blog Camp to figure out what I wanted to do with the blog. I came out with a refreshed passion for photography, which was always my first love. My writing became a lot more inspired. I started meeting other bloggers and became much more active within the food blogging community.

Renewing my passion for food writing also injected renewed vigor into my professional pursuits. I didn't realize how blogging was essential to me until now. So, here I am, with a new blog name, a new focus, and a renewed love for writing and photography.

It's still the adventures of a lifelong student of all things culinary, but as I bounce from planning my trips around food, to my kitchen projects, and to the restaurants of my adopted hometown of San Diego, it's clear that Meandering Eats is a far more fitting name.

It kicked off with this first post and in 2012, I've decided to steer Meandering Eats away from random recipes and restaurant reports to travel-focused blog. Traveling? Hopefully you'll find a tip or two here. Traveling to San Diego? Check out my recommendations. Can't travel all the time? Neither can I, but I will be "traveling" through recipes from all over the world in my kitchen.

I hope you'll join me for the adventure! Be sure to stop by and share your own. Thanks for reading!