welcome

Hi world, this is my blawg. My name is Kia and I’ve been writing music reviews for almost a decade -for time reference, when I started, people were listening to AWOLNATION and wearing v-neck tees.  (Side-note: did AWOLNATION sail so Imagine Dragons could soar?) I have also been emphatically documenting my eats for a long, long while, except that I’m shy and don’t actually share 98% of what I photograph. I’ve always wondered how to combine these two niches into a life path mega-zord–when people ask me what my dream job is, I usually say Tiny Desk Concert audience member or food mag editor? What’s an indecisive, hungry writer to do?

me in the garden with Midge

Rather than choosing between food or music, I decided to go ahead and throw an ampersand in there. Food (!!!&!!!) music! I want to write, document, and photograph both, to learn about the ways they inform and inspire each other. I want to hang out with chefs and listen to music with them while they cook. I want musicians to play songs and feed me little bites of their favorite snacks. I want to offer polite pairing suggestions: album & a meal, cocktail & a song, eat this while listening to that. Maybe I’ll share a recipe here and there, maybe I’ll make a zine, maybe I’ll think of all kinds of other ways to milk this piping-bag dream.

I’m aware that the food world is crawling with lumpy, unsalted content and I give anyone reading this full permission to mock me if I change my Linkedin bio to say blogger, but I hope I can share a tasty bite here and there that gives you a tiny soul/tongue/earhole tingle. (I promise to never say the word earhole again.)

Salud, sláinte, provecho

km