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About the Blog
This is a place to collect my thoughts on food, board games, life, and everything in between. There is no real direction or schedule to the posts; mostly just things that I want to comment on in more depth than on Twitter or Facebook. Hopefully you'll find something useful here and if not, you'll at least learn more about me.

About Me
I'm a father, husband, baker, eater, writer, blogger, board game player...well I'm a lot of things. I'm not sure I do any of those things particularly well, but I try to get better every day. I currently live in Delaware with my wife, Christine, and our three children: Grace, Benjamin, & James. We also host two mischievous cats, Atreyu & Fatbert.

 I have a history of blogging about food mostly. Syracuse Sandwich was a blog where I reviewed a bunch of different sandwiches throughout Syracuse and the surrounding suburbs when we lived there. Dan in the Kitchen followed my trials and tribulations in the kitchen, while also writing reviews of local restaurants.

I designed a bunch of board games, mostly free to print and play. Now I just spend time playing board games with family and friends. Please join the Kent County (DE) Board Game Group Facebook group and join us to play.

I've also written one unpublished novel and started others that are currently unfinished.

In 2021, I started First State Pizza which is a project where I'm learning how to become a pizzaiolo. 

Contact Me
If you want to contact me for any reason, feel free to send me an email or follow me on Twitter.

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