About Me

My passion for sports writing began at the University of Arizona. I covered sports there, including the men's basketball team, for the Arizona Daily Wildcat. I thought for sure my destiny was sports writing at some big newspaper or some fancy magazine. It wasn't.

After graduation I spent 2006 covering Major League Baseball as an intern with MLB.com. So yes, I was paid to watch the Padres and/or the Dodgers for an entire season. I loved every second of it. Except for the time Mike Cameron accidentally threw a baseball at my head.

After the internship ended, I worked a couple of different newspaper jobs covering high school sports. Good times, good people, not a good schedule. 

But somewhere in the midst of working nights and being home in the day, I started watching the Food Network. I found that I enjoyed being in the kitchen.  I also became fascinated in researching other cultures and their food traditions.  Reading the L.A. Times food section became as much a part of my life as the sports section, which I didn't think was possible.

So in late 2009, I finally got serious about something I'd wanted to do for over a year and started my own blog. 

My intent is to write about two topics I enjoy immensely and to give a side of sports that isn't just game stories and statistics.

I hope you enjoy it.

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