This blog is a gift from my son and daughter in law!  They have noticed my passion for food. I love trying a recipe or a restaurant for the first time.

Most of my life I have been collecting recipes from cookbooks, newspapers, magazines, product labels, cooking shows and online.  Currently, I have 60 cookbooks, 32 cooking magazines, 20 cooking booklets, 3 binders and 2 recipe boxes of loose recipes.  I ran across a NY Times article from 11/25/2015 “The Archive of Eating” that stated every year 24,000 new cookbooks are published and recipes posted online are so many that they are uncountable.  Sounds like I’m still short quite a few cookbooks, but collecting continues for me.  Who knows how many I will end up adding to my collection!  I wonder how many recipes that I can try in a year…….

I have a spread sheet with restaurants that I want to try. I chose them from reading about them, word of mouth and driving by a place that catches my eye.  After dining at one of the restaurants, I rate them 1-10.  Along with the food, customer service is especially important to me.  Ordinary food with excellent customer service will definitely help in my rating system.  Menu price is also considered.

I’m looking forward to sharing my experiences. If you have any comments or questions feel free to reach me at foodie@mnfoodlover.com!

Happy eating and God bless,
Food Lover