Let's introduce ourselves and get to know one another better

[Desert-Dan (Dan)]

Yes… I love Arizona (and the desert) – I wish I had moved here 10 years earlier!!

[BobfromRIinVA]

Welcome back, hon!

[chowhounddkennedy1 (Diana Kennedy)]

@sck

ite a short intro of ourselves to the community:

1. Where are you?
2. What food-related topic are you most passionate about, that you want people to ask you about and you can’t stop talking about it?
3. What’s a great food experience you have had?
4. A little tidbit abo

1. Los Angeles
2. I am pretty passionate about food in general. Cookbooks, cooking, cooking classes, food related travel and restaurants.
3. Recent years have brought many life events. The byproduct, I have prioritized checking some trips off my bucket list - eating my way through Provence , a cooking holiday in Italy, and a yoga cruise to Vietnam and Cambodia. Hoping to check a few more soon.
4. When I am not hanging with my 3 dogs, you can probably find me with my head in a book (probably a cookbook), shopping for ingredients, participating in a cooking club (I am in 3), or planning a food related trip. I do have other interests and obligations but these are the ones that are relevant to this site. Really glad to have found my people again! I was an active Chowhounder and I have missed the discussions and the people. Those of you in LA, I would love to connect.

[ChristinaM (Hungry in Asheville, NC (still plenty to offer tourists post Hurricane))]

Good to see you here!

[johntannerbbq (john tanner)]

Welcome to HO!

[chowhounddkennedy1 (Diana Kennedy)]

Thank you!

[jerrysosin5 (jerrysosin)]

my name is jerry, i am new in this platform.

[stan]

hello Jerry & welcome!

[johntannerbbq (john tanner)]

Welcome aboard, Jerry! Where doing you live?

[CCE (Keyrock the unfrozen caveman lawyer; your world frightens & confuses me)]

I’m betting Jerry lives inside a server…

[winecountrygirl (Gwenn)]

I think you’re right

[stan]

instead of onside a server?

[linguafood (Natascha)]

I am not reading 1698 replies, but did all the moderators ever introduce themselves in the same way as @sck?

I think it would be fascinating for all of us to learn a few tidbits about our trusty helpers here

[CCE (Keyrock the unfrozen caveman lawyer; your world frightens & confuses me)]

Going over my head, mate.

[stan]

from a non-bot i would have expected “i am new on this platform.”

onside is just a play on inside - a server.

[naf]

I guess it’s still valid.

Let's introduce ourselves and get to know one another better

1/ WHERE: I live in the Parisienne region in France 2/ FOOD-RELATED PASSION: French food, Japanese food, Chinese food, any food that is good I grow my herbs, tomatoes, my own vegetables, a bit of fruits, so I can talk non stop about that too! 3/ BEST FOOD EXPERIENCE: every time, when I travel, I try to organise and have a good culinary experience, it’s a good way to learn about the culture of a place with food! While the best food experience has not necessarily to do with the most comp…

[linguafood (Natascha)]

Now you just have to talk the rest of your team into sharing a tidbit or two about themselves here as well

[CCE (Keyrock the unfrozen caveman lawyer; your world frightens & confuses me)]

Thanks, appreciate the help. I hadn’t even noticed the in/on confusion in the botpost.

But that “my name is… I am new” with little else is fairly typical. So I googled the user name and saw it had opened lots of new accounts all around the same time, with the “my name is… I am new” type comment.

[linguafood (Natascha)]

I’ve found the bots that show up here occasionally pretty easy to spot.

[five (immortal.and.free)]

1. Where are you?
   US east coast

2. What food-related topic are you most passionate about, that you want people to ask you about and you can’t stop talking about it?
   Probably ramen?

3. What’s a great food experience you have had?
   Pizza omakase at Pizza Bar on 38th in Tokyo. Overpriced yes, but I did get to try 8 different slices and talk to the chef about them. Unlikely to do it again unless with guests, but I did switch to ordering Diavola since then.

4. A little tidbit about you
   Volunteered at an aquarium before, but still can’t id fish to save my life. In fact it just made me more paranoid, since I heard that many fish are mislabeled in restaurants and markets.