About

This blog is a convergence of ideas. I’ve been wanting to do a personal blog for a long time, but it is difficult to decide on a focus or theme that can be added to on a regular basis. I have a now-defunct blog, which I enjoyed putting together, but the posts veered from my intended focus. I decided to take it out of public search until I could come up with a more managable theme.

So, what to blog about? Food, reading, work, life, what? How have I arrived here at Texas Toaster?

• I like to cook.
• I like to coupon.
• I like to read recipe books.
• The grocery store is where I sometimes unwind.
• There are lots of recipes and food discoveries I’d like to share.

Couple the above with the fact that my mind recently has been turning over several bits & pieces, which came together “of a sudden.” I recently watched Julie & Julia, and I recently bought a toaster oven. This weekend I found some really cool YouTube videos about cooking with your toaster oven, and viola! I had an idea: Blog about cooking with a toaster oven and perhaps someone will give me a book contract, which will be followed by a movie adaptation and then followed by fame and fortune. Not that I care about the fame, but I certainly wouldn’t mind a fortune.

Seriously, this is a creative outlet for me, and I hope you stay tuned as I gather Internet goodies, recipes, and toaster-oven tricks together for you.

Happy eating!
R.D.