Tasty Fever!

Hello there. How are you?

Things you may want to know:

• I lived in Thailand for eight months when I was twenty-one, which resulted in a multitude of rich experiences, documented in a thick journal punctuated by memorabilia. Other countries that have stamped my passport include Laos, Cambodia (for a two-hour border run), Vietnam, the Philippines, Mexico and, now, the United Kingdom and Ireland.  I seek to add to this list at the nearest opportunity.
• As a child, I lived for seven years in Japan: three years in Yokosuka, four in Okinawa. Because of this experience, I have a huge affinity for Japanese culture, design, language and anything cute. This may also have sparked my lingering desire to ramble and rove.
• I graduated magna cum laude from Rollins College in 2007, with a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, and a minor in Writing.
• I attended the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and completed their Anthropology of Food Master’s Programme.  I even got a merit. My dissertation for my Master’s degree was on CAMRA, real ale and authenticity.  No, really.  It was called Brewing a Heritage: Ale and Authenticity with the Campaign for Real Ale.
• In summer of 2008 I obtained a little position as Stardust’s weekend baker.  Due to wrist difficulties, I had to give up my modest post for months, but returned February 2009, only to leave again when I moved to London.  It was a wonderful job with wonderful people, and allowed for me to periodically refer to myself as a baker, despite a lack of formal training and diminished skills from living in a flat on Holloway Road infested with roaches. I managed to return to work as the baker once more from December 2010 until August 2011, when I moved back to London.
• I also managed the website for Stardust Video & Coffee and did much of its web content from January 2011 until I left in August of that year.
• History fascinates me. I read a lot of books and watch a lot of documentaries. I enjoy food history and food lore, and have read a ridiculous amount of books relating food, from memoirs to cookbooks to non-fiction: The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Hidden Kitchens, A History of the World in 6 Glasses, Julie & Julia.
• My photography blog, Abandoned in London, has nothing to do with food.
• I also write intermittently for The Other Side Magazine, and have also written in a professional scope for Slow Food UK.
• I’m rather moody, and can be especially irritable when hungry or sleepy.  Generally, I’m at least one of the two.
• I’m also an only child, which may explain everything.

Other places you can find me online, although I can’t comment on how often I update all these:

• Flickr
• Tumblr (Abandoned in London)

Should you feel a profound urge to e-mail me, you can find me at tastyfever at the gmail dot com.