Mission Statement

Greetings all,

My name is Brian, and i am about to be married at the end of this month. As part of my marital duties, i will be cooking at least a few meals every week. This is a great perk of married life - i love to cook, but i hate to cook for just myself.

However, i only have a small array of recipes thus far in my bag of tricks. I want to experiment with more dishes, but it can be daunting. With various cook books, websites, personal recommendations, and attempted restaurant recipe steals, there are literally millions of meals to be cooked.

So i got an idea.

Backing up just a little bit, i love to travel. And when i travel, i try and always sample the local food and drink of a region. That love gave me the idea for this blog:

In the course of one year, i will attempt to cook 50 unique meals based on each of the United States of America. I can't promise each meal to be very good; nor can i promise each to be truly authentic, but i will do my best. When possible (and affordable), i would also like there to be either a wine or a beer from each state present at the proper meal. I will also try and make a dinner playlist on my iPod that will reflect that state's musical contribution to my collection.

50 states in 52 weeks, beginning (officially) October 1, 2007. Can i do it? Can my (soon-to-be) wife stomach my adventurous cooking? Only time will tell...