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Originally Posted by TheMerryFairy

I love learning about food, cooking and alternative uses for resources as well! I love travelling around searching for local foods, culture, history and natural remedies. I could spend hours looking at herbs and exotic spices.

I love to experiment without recipes or taking a recipe and trying to alter it to see what kinds of flavor profiles I can build.

Same here. I love to learn from people who are really good at what they do.

In years gone by I would pick travel destinations based on some factor other than the local cuisine. One day it occurred to me that hey, I could actually travel to a destination because of the food and not have the food be an accessory to the trip. What a revelation! Suddenly I was planning vacations to destinations that had restaurants, farms, and purveyors of excellent goods. Even the simplicity of an island vacation changed for me.

I recall my first intentional vacation to Napa Valley. My head was so spun around by the food culture that I knew I had to move to CA.