Welcome to the Common Culinarian! My name is Hal, and I have two passions: business and food. By day, I am an accountant for an institution of higher learning somewhere in the midwest. When I get home at night, it’s usually my responsibility to create a tasty and inexpensive meal for my family.
A blog is born. I also enjoy several other hobbies, including music, photography, reading, and writing and am something of a personal finance buff, too. One of the major themes of some of the personal finance blogs I read is to find a way to combine your passions to generate a stream of financial resources. So, that got me thinking: “How do I combine my passions and my hobbies into something I enjoy.” Of course, hobbies can cost a lot of money (take photography, for example), so this activity had to either be cost free or be a source of financial support. Being a business person, I chose the latter.
Why am I telling you this? Because, as my readers, you are my lifeline. I hope to develop this blog into a valuable resource for you, the common culinarian. To do that, I need to establish an environment of trust. However, I promise to try to make the sources of that support as minimally intrusive to you as possible.
This site’s philosophy and features. As of this writing, this blog is a work in progress. However, I hope to provide you with relevant and timely information for our shared passion for cooking. I am not a chef, nor have I ever been trained, but my self taught experience provides a solid foundation for sharing recipes, techniques and product reviews. I also hope to create an entertaining community where we can come together to share these things together.
For now, I promise to post several times a week; out of these posts, hopefully some regular features will develop. In the future, there is room for the possibility of a community discussion board and some other exciting features. The possibilities are endless.
Thank you for stopping by! If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at blog (at) commonculinarian.com.
