Citrusy, mineral – apples

Good as aperitif, chinese,

I’m also strangely addicted to cookbooks. I keep trying to restrain my purchasing, but my kitchen cookbook cabinet has overflowed its boundaries. I now have cookbooks in the living room bookshelves, on the hall console table, on the coffee tables and end tables by the sofa…essentially any flat surface is liable to become a resting spot for a cookbook.

As it always happens to be food blog conference season, I’m going to share with you some of my rules for attending these events.

1. Head into the conference with an open mind, an open heart, and a welcoming smile on your face. Meeting the blogging superstars or cookbook writers or photographers whom you’ve admired can be intimidating and overwhelming, but it shouldn’t be. They’re just regular people, paying their electric bill monthly like the rest of us. Chances are, they might be a little timid or overwhelmed, too.

2. One of my rules is to head into each conference I attend with low expectations, hoping to just glean just one piece of information that I can apply to my blogging life — or my life in general.