I'M CONSTANTLY AMAZED AND INSPIRED BY THE WORLD AROUND ME, AND I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN LEARNING NEW TECHNIQUES. I LOVE MAKING THINGS WITH MY OWN HANDS AND THAT IS WHAT DREW ME TO ONE OF MY FIRST OBSESSIONS - COOKING. SO I CREATED A FOOD BLOG THAT WOULD DOCUMENT MY ATTEMPTS AT LEARNING THE ROPES, COMPLETELY SELF-GUIDED THROUGH THE ARCHIVES OF THE INTERNET, BOOKS, TONS OF OTHER LOVELY FOOD BLOGS AND BITS OF WISDOM FROM MY GRANDMA.
BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH- I WANTED TO LEARN MORE, DO MORE, AND CREATE MORE. WHAT I'VE FOUND GROWING UP IN NEW YORK IS THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE A "THING" - A HOOK, AN ANGLE. IT'S ALL SO HYPER-SPECIFIC AND I HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR MY THING TO BECOME REALLY GOOD AT. BUT WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT I LOVE DOING, MAKING, LEARNING ALL THINGS. AND I'M CONSTANTLY LOOKING TO MAKE SOMETHING NEW. THANKFULLY THERE ARE A TON OF CRAFTSPEOPLE EACH WITH THEIR OWN SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL SETS, AND OFTEN TIMES THESE ARTISANS ARE HAPPY TO IMPART THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON OTHERS.
IN A SOCIETY THAT IS BASED ON A CAPITALIST SYSTEM, WHERE DIVISION OF LABOR IS KEY TO PRODUCTIVITY (I'M A HUGE LOVER OF THEORETICAL ECONOMICS AND I READ THE WEALTH OF NATIONS COVER TO COVER WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE) IT MAKES SENSE THAT EVERY PRODUCER HAS HIS OR HER OWN SPECIFIC PRODUCT. BUT I WANTED MORE THAN ONE. I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT ALL. IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE ECONOMICALLY BUT IT FEEDS THE SOUL IN A WAY THAT FEW OTHER THINGS DO. I LOOK BACK AT MY GRANDFATHER, WHO WAS A COOK, A TAILOR, A MILKMAN, A CARPENTER, A FATHER AND SO MUCH MORE. HE MADE MY FATHER'S CARRIER PIGEON COOP OUT OF RECLAIMED WOOD FROM OLD SHUTTERS. I WANT TO RECONNECT WITH THAT SPIRIT.
RAVENOUS CRAFT SEEKS TO CONNECT THOSE OF US WHO ARE HUNGRY TO SEE, DO, AND FEEL WHAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER. TO RECONNECT WITH OUR WILD NATURES AND MAKE THINGS WITH OUR HANDS. TO DEVELOP OUR INNATE CREATIVITY AND INTUITION AND TO LIVE FULL LIVES BY CHASING OUR DREAMS AND BECOMING THE BEST VERSIONS OF OURSELVES.