I found this list on a number of other food blogs, and thought I would continue the tradition, helping you get to know me a little better!

4 Jobs I’ve Had:

• Mama in chief (current)
• Medical Assistant Instructor
• Waitress
• Yearbook Page Layout Coordinator (not sure on the specific title…and, to be honest, as it was a night shift, details are a little blurry and I don’t remember much about the job description, either…)

4 Places I’ve Lived

• Virginia
• Pennsylvania
• Brazil
• Utah

4 Places I’ve Traveled To

• Italy
• Dominican Republic
• Route 1 along the Oregon Coast (a road trip totally worth taking!)
• DisneyWorld in Florida (one time only, ever!)

4 TV Shows Categories I Love 

• “Death Shows” (as my husband calls them; CSI: Las Vegas is probably my favorite)
• Food Shows, mostly those aired on PBS
• Historical Documentaries (I’m lumping Downton Abbey in this category)
• Can anyone give me a fourth category to get into??  I think I’ve summed up everything I watch in three categories…

4 Favorite Books (I think I’m going for categories again, as I am a total bookworm–who can narrow it down to just 4 books??!!)

• Historical Fiction (Angle of Repose; Gone with the Wind; Mornings in Jenin; These is My Words)
• Classics (you know, all those dense, unabridged books that are on “What One Should Read” Lists:  The Count of Monte Cristo; Anna Karenina; Les Miserables; anything by Dickens, Eliot, Collins, James, etc.)
• NonFiction (Cookbooks; Running for My Life; In the Land of Invisible Women)
• Medical NonFiction (Survival of the Sickest; The Ghost Map; Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective; and other books involving epigenetics, microbes, culture, health, illness, etc.)

4 Favorite Foods

• Summer: Nectarines  Winter: Oranges
• Summer: Cucumbers  Winter: Roasted Winter Squash
• Chips of any kind, but mostly those used for salsa-dipping
• Seafood tacos
• I’m sneaking a #5 in here, because foodblog: roasted salted nuts, especially pistachios