The Adventurous Vegetarian

Hello old friend.

It has been some time since I posted here. Which hasn't been for a lack of cooking or ideas. Just life getting in the way.

Some of you may know that I recently went on a big trip back to Europe. Before I went though I was wandering through Tauranga on business and stopped into the shop Trade Aid to have a look. Normally I would go straight to the jewelry section but for some reason that day I went straight to the back to the book section. I was immediately drawn to the cookbooks - of which there was maybe 5. 

The Adventurous Vegetarian. Around the World in 30 Meals.

It called to me. I was an adventurous vegetarian - surely this had my name on it.

While I flipped through it I thought of the movie Julia and Julia where a woman cooks through her Julia Child's cookbook and blogs about the experience and realised I could do that. Instead of suffering that post trip melancholy that usually happens after an amazing trip I could begin another journey from my home. What better than to eat my way around the world!

So here it is:

The Challenge: Be an "adventurous vegetarian" and cook my way through 30 countries - one a week.

When: Every Sunday night - which if I stick to the schedule takes me to just before my birthday in April

Where: Where to start in a book that promises to take you around the world? I realised that at the end of every journey you need to be back home - which is New Zealand now. So that means starting across the Pacific in South America and then up through the Carribean, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia into Australia and then finally New Zealand.

Ready or not world, here I come.