Inspire Me MEL!!!

Seriously, who wouldn’t want to eat this??

My lasagna sucks.  Well, it isn’t horrible,  I simply complete recipes with the same ingredients over and over.  But this foodie cooker chef girl can cook.  I haven’t tasted her wares but I am hoping to get an invite to eat at her place sometime soon.  I seriously doubt this woman has ever cooked tuna casserole (a favorite of ours) unless it is some Top Chef deconstructed thing.  Inspire Mel features beautiful dishes by and artist of a chef and mom.  Not only does she cook, but she has these rock solid friends who plant herbs around her home like little spice fairies in the spring and summer.  I am waiting to snag friends like this as well.  Her blog is well written, beautiful and artistic.  Reading it will make you want to start cooking.  I browsed lots of the recipes.  As I am having folks over in a couple of days, I may even try an appetizer recipe or two.   Some of the recipes are daunting, others simple.  I also really enjoy the story telling that goes along with her pages.  She’s not just rewriting a recipe from the Joy of Cooking.  She is weaving a story with sugar, spice and some meat thrown in…yum.  Oh yeah, and I am easily as intimidated by her photography as I am by her cooking.