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I finally did it, I created my own blog!  I've actually had my own blog account for over a year and I couldn't decided on a name.  After narrowing down what I would like to discuss on my blog, I figured a play on words between sharing my favorite recipes and politics was best...which gave me...Taste of Affairs!!

I grew up in Florida where I dreamed of moving to DC as an adult.  After graduating from the University of South Florida (Go Bulls!), I pursued my dream and was hired in Senator Mel Martinez's office.  Senator Martinez later resigned and I was then hired to work for Senator George LeMieux.  Two and a half years later, I left the hill to join a government consulting firm where I am a Public Affairs Advisor (in other words, a lobbyist).

While growing up, I never learned to appreciate a home cooked meal the way I do now.  In fact, I used to wonder why my parents never went out to eat at restaurants, like a lot of my other friends did.  As a grown up, working long hours, I appreciate now the meals my mother provided for her family.  She would work 10 hour days, six days a week, and still came home and made a hot meal for her husband and children.  We ate at the dinner table every single day, she never missed a night.  I got my love of cooking, my appreciation for food, from my mother.  I also got her sweet tooth too!  I grew up watching her make yummy, and healthy Vietnamese cuisines.  She hardly ever used a measuring cup and she always tasted her food prior to serving.  And, that is how I cook my meals.  I like to think I'm creative in the kitchen.  I pull out the ingredients I have available and I pour a little bit of this, a little bit of that until something good comes out of it.  Sometimes it works, sometimes, well, the trash needs to be taken out that night and the pizza guy is called.  But, I like to think I have more successful meals under my belt than bad ones.

So, I know cooking and politics are two separate ideas.  I was actually told by many people to create two separate blogs to accommodate my thoughts and ideas.  I say, why can't I share a chicken cordon bleu recipe while telling you what I think of Sarah Palin and Nancy Pelosi?

Disclaimer: I always enjoy a well educated discussion.  However, if you disagree with my thoughts, then please don't follow me. As I said in my "about me" section, I am a conservative, and proud of it!