Why Cook Cook Eat Eat? I love to cook and I love to eat. I famously tell my children that they are lucky to have me as a father, as I cook pretty well. My 5th-grade teacher told me that “Most people eat to live, but you Mark live to eat!” I discovered balsamic vinegar at the age of 25. My children were practically born eating the stuff, so I say they are fortunate to be raised in a household with a rich and sophisticated palate for food and cuisine as they have such a head start on me for the appreciation of good food. This website serves as a canvas from which to document my culinary adventures, from cooking at home, dining in restaurants, travel to new places, exploring foreign markets, and discovering new things to eat – a record of dishes, people, relationships, places, experiences – vignettes comprising my lens of food and what it means in my life. Eventually, my goal is to publish a tome of all of my recipes – found, discovered, created, curated, borrowed, and stolen so that my sons Carter and Rhone will have a lasting legacy of our life together through food, friends, and family. This is how I love and why I do this. If you have ever dined with me at my home, or I have cooked a meal at yours, you know that I truly love you.