Welcome to Appetising Alice

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"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well" (Virginia Woolf)

From the heavenly healthy to the wickedly indulgent, food has the power to restore, to comfort, to delight: there's a magical quality about it. A good meal can bring people together and I'm pretty certain the reason for that is that there's little better to do in the world than eat, drink and be merry!
I'm a vegetarian, and my love of cooking often leads me to peruse fellow veggies' food lovin' blogs. I have found some incredible recipes and restaurants in this way, but lots of the blogs I read can make me feel... naughty. Don't get me wrong, I'm not tempted to eat meat, but I do find myself torn. While part of me wants to make my body a temple full of nourishment and goodness, the other half of me... Well, the other half of me simply cannot forget the mouthwatering temptations which always lure me off of the path to health purity. Maybe I'm shattering the perception of vegetarians as healthy, hearty individuals which has taken so long to conjure up, but my wholefood crown is to say the least skipping at times.
I love all sorts if forbidden eats, and I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one that feels this way. No sane person can ignore the  magnificent aroma of chocolate, nor not find their mouthwatering at the thought of a crispy pizza crust- right? I'm not convinced that even the healthiest of health freaks isn't just putting a brave face on it, and while we all want to be a bit healthier, you're a strong person than me if you can give that up all that deliciousness all together.
So, this is a story about a little girl- though increasingly that is true of height, rather than age- and her exploration of the divine world of food. I want to write about the good, the bad and the balanced. I love fresh ingredients, I love to cook, I love eating out, and I don't want to change any of that... I just want to improve it. For me, I hope that 2015 will be a year of equilibrium: a celebration of the deliciously sinful, the nutritionally saintly, and everything in between because, as Virginia Woolf quite rightly pointed out, when we lose our appetite, a lot of life's other best assets go too.

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