Hello world!
I’ve created an umpteen number of WordPress websites and as most people do, I delete the Hello World default post. However, in this case, I’m keeping it.
August 26th was when we first pushed OpenPlate out into the world and I bought the first recipe. Everything worked. So far, so good. It’s an important day.
OpenPlate has been on the back burner for a while. It was an idea I had while chatting with my daughter about her plans for the Summer. We were ideating various Summer projects and since we both share a passion for cooking – handed down from my dad, we came up with the concept.
It did not have a name. It did not require one. We were just excited about creating an experience for other like-minded, and soon to be like-minded, folks. A place where they could try a new recipe – not from the glamorous chefs, nothing wrong with them, but our focus was on the unsung heroes of the kitchen.
The grandmas, the aunts, the uncles, the mums, the dads, brothers, and sisters who take on the kitchen in their household. They cook the every day meals. This is what we were interested in. A taste of every day life.
This idea sat on the back burner for about a year. On a whim, I decided to pick it up and play around with it. On our family vacation to Amelia Island in the Summer of ’25, I’d wake up early and tinker with the idea. Suddenly, it had legs.
Long story short, OpenPlate is out in the wild and now the fun journey continues. I hope you will all enjoy experiencing the taste of every day life that would otherwise not be captured. Taste it, try new things. You don’t have to like it all.
So, what are you cooking today?