"Why am I reading this?"

1. because you have extremely eclectic tastes;

2. and you are young;

3. and curious;

4. and you plan on changing your community;

5. or this world

6. because you are innovative

7. because you like/love/adore/can’t get enough of/stop talking/thinking about food;

8. and you read Gourmet Magazine, Bon Appetit, and Saveur on the toilet

9. becuase you’d rather support food grown in/near/around your community vs.

10. buying something made in the “kitchen” at McDonald’s/Chilli’s/Applebee’s/Burger King/Subway, which is nothing more than a hulking wad of steel, machinery and “beef”

11. because you like to know what’s going on in the world

12. because you are ambitious

13. because you like getting your hands dirty;

14. because you like art

15. because you are independent;

16. and like challenges

17. because you master the simple before the complicated

vital stats:

Name: Amara

Age: 21

Location: Boston, MA and sometimes NY(C)

Profession: student/friend/sometimes intern/daughter/cook