Dear readers, friends and strangers alike,

I’m just stopping in for a quick note to let you all know that I haven’t disappeared and I’m certainly not ignoring you or this blog. This past week has been one of the worst ever for me… first, one of my very best friends ever since Jr. High school was killed in a tragic and senseless accident. Then, just two days later, my beloved kitty had to unexpectedly be put to sleep. She was 14 years old and I’ve raised her as my own baby since she was 3 1/2 weeks old. You can imagine the shock and grief that I am attempting to cope with right now. As they say… “when it rains, it pours”. At this moment I am in the midst of a perfect storm.

I haven’t written this to make you all sad. In fact I’m doing my best to try and focus on the happy memories that I shared with these two beautiful girls and that’s helping me to get through the hardest parts. Mainly I just want you to know that my absence is only temporary (who wants to eat at a time like this, you know?), and that I will be back soon with some new and delicious posts for you, as well as to reply to the many great comments you’ve all been leaving. They are all appreciated as always.

So please do keep on checking in, and for goodness sake don’t unsubscribe from my RSS feed! I’ll be back before you know it to tease and taunt you with more tantalizing food porn and then once again, all of your diets will be in jeopardy.

In the meantime, please go and hug all of your loved ones, both human and animal, and squeeze them so tightly that you make them squeak. Then, hug them some more.