foodha for thought – menuism blog

Congratulations to Ben aka autofoodie for submitting the winning review for the October Menuism Restaurant Review Contest!  His posting about Zaytinya in Washington DC was awesome.  It contained a lot of great info and the blow-by-blow detail of the various dishes really gives the reader a sense of what the food is all about.   To read Ben’s review, click here.  To find out more about Ben and his thoughts on food, please read what he had to say for himself.

Me: Ben T. (aka autofoodie)

From: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Live: Arlington, Virginia with my fiancée Julia

Passions: Cooking and going to restaurants, and writing my blog

Favorite Foods:  Buffalo wings with blue cheese dressing, Tandoori chicken tikka with naan and rice, and Tuna, salmon, whitefish, shrimp and yellowtail nigiri (at least according to this article I wrote about my favorite world cuisines.)

I am a food creator and food lover at heart. I would always favor the side of the creator, wanting to understand the motivations and culture behind a dish equally as much as the styles and techniques.

Food impresses me. World cultures are built around cuisine. But at the same time, food is as simple as the bowl of cereal I had for breakfast today. It is the building block of every day for every person on earth. We are healthy or unhealthy based upon what we eat, and it affects all of us the same and all of us differently simultaneously. A complex system of tastes and temperatures and textures that can make our mouths water, make us sweat, make us gag, make us sick, make us healthy, make us happy, make us sleepy, get us in the mood, inspire us, amaze us and enlighten us. It drives our bodies, drives our days, drives our lives and drives entire cultures. Yet it’s so simple.

I try to wade through those simple complexities and complex simplicities through writing at my food blog, autofoodography.com. I give my personal stories about restaurants I try near where I live (Washington, DC), recipes I create in my own kitchen as well as culinary and nutritional philosophies I have developed over my years of being a foodie.

Thanks to Ben for sharing his experience with us and because he put his fingers to keyboard and submitted his review, Ben has won a $200 Gift Card and a Menuism T-Shirt.  If you’d like a chance to win November’s Menuism Restaurant Review Contest, time’s running out so be sure to click here for more info and Good Luck to You!

By Abby C. Abanes
Menuism Community Manager