Happy 2010!  I’m so grateful for the last several months – starting this blog has been an amazing ride.  Thank you so much to my blogging friends, for the incredibly warm welcome to the food blogging world, and to all of the family and friends who have come out of the woodwork to read about my wine-soaked California trip and my adventures throwing flour all over the kitchen.  I’ve had so much fun cooking and baking for you all, and I’ve even been able to reconnect with some old friends with whom I’d lost touch.  What a gift!  I can’t wait to see what the new year brings, but I’m sure it will involve salad.  (And pie.  I’m all about balance.  Salad.  Pie.  Pie.  Salad.  See?  Balance.)

The best thing about a blog, in my opinion, is that it constantly pushes me to try new and different things, and to experiment with different methods in the kitchen.  In 2010 I plan to finally, finally defeat my fear of yeast breads.  I’ve made several attempts to bake with yeast in 2009.  One attempt was a great success.  The others… not so much.  But next year, armed with my new copy of The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, which I got for Christmas from my mother-in-law (thanks, Mom!), I am going to conquer the world of yeast breads!

And now it’s your turn.  What are you planning to cook and bake this year?