Friends,

Here it is. Our blog. The Forker.

Please post here any poems, photographs, recipes, recollections, musings, or detailed descriptions of memorable meals you have prepared. Also, occasionally you may report upon notable meals prepared by others, but as we decided at dinner the other night, that is not the principle interest of this blog.

Although, i have to say, i did go somewhere fantastic recently--the wondrous Athena, food performance artist, prepared a meal for me at her house on 168th street Manhattan--she made turkish delight and beignets as a part of an early afternoon tea--anyone can go to her house for a meal and i am highly recommending it--she will take a picture of the meal, read aloud some notes from the preparation, and later send an email about the event. She writes about anarchy and orgies and also the history of hamburgers--she is 23 and lives on a planet where all "meat cakes are rolled with cilantro, scallions, and a cardamon pod, fried, then dredged in creme fraiche, and drizzled with date syrup. " Also she seems to like drinking and smoking clove cigarettes--although unfortunately we did none of that on my visit.

Regarding posts, I say use your intuition--if it seems right for The Forker it probably is.

I hope Olivia doesn't kill me but above, as our inaugural photo, I have posted her photograph of the berries she has been growing in her garden. I think that both the picture and the berries themselves are incredibly inspiring, and I offer the image as an example of what high quality Forker Postings might be like. Olivia, please don't be mad I published without your permission, and also perhaps you would like to tell us more about the beautiful berries yourself?

Welcome all, and start forking?
--SCL

ps thanks Luis for setting this up