Framed dollar bill

This is officially the very first entry of our blog and it's sort of like giving birth to something you are not quite sure will turn out to be a human baby. I'm making an attempt to resist the temptation to hit the delete button, re-read every sentence, and try to sound witty. One of my biggest fears is publishing something that is not worth publishing in my eyes but after watching a short by Derek Sivers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GCm-u_vlaQ&feature=player_embedded) on "What's Obvious to You may be Amazing to Others," I've gathered up the courage and the kind of mania that one can only experience past 1am, and I present to you the bastard child of China and Poblano (more on that later)....a blog baby born out of a mixture of boredom, insomnia, devotion, envy, passion, joy, and last but not cheesy in the least, love. 

This baby, from here on out referred to as "the chexican," is like the first dollar bill earned, framed, and hung up awkwardly on a large sheet of white wall speckled with grease and bits of chicken. This chexican will learn how to crawl, waddle, ram its head into the corner of a Salvation Army vintage dresser, realize that life is too short to complain, pick back up with grace and conviction, and continue to make its way into the kitchen for some Gerber's chicken and gravy. 
 
While there is a certain amount of desire to feel validated, hence publication on the world wide web, this is largely a forum for self-exploration, a meeting place for China and Poblano when the rest of the world feels much too large, an intimate examination of our passion for food, eating, and discovering origins, and a space to be heard even if no one is listening. 

Let's see what this baby has to offer shall we?