(Maureen reels in a blackfin tuna offshore at the Hump, Marathon, FL @ 1995)

Cast. Troll. Set the Hook.

Sound familiar?

It is every fisher person’s dream.

That’s how I felt last night after I booked my flight and hotel for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s 2014 Sustainable Foods Institute and Cooking for Solutions event.

I hooked a big one.

While I wait for the date (May 14-18), I continue to chip away at my ebook (yes, I’m still learning InDesign and Photoshop) and work at my new full-time day job as copy-editor at SurfKY News Group.

In an effort to spread the good word about sustainability here at the local level in Kentucky, I pitched an idea for a food column to my boss at SurfKY.

“Biscuits & Bacon: Notes From the Kitchen” is that awesome or what? evolved after Ami, a colleague at SurfKY, asked me a few questions about seafood!

Biscuits & Bacon will be published bi-weekly online at SurfKY.com. I’ll offer a Q & A format and include an easy-to-prepare recipe. It won’t be exclusive to seafood of course, there’s plenty to talk about in the kitchen, but I’m excited to see how much interest I can generate about seafood.

Yes, even Mid-westerners want to know about the what-to-buy and how-to-cook of seafood.

It’s not every day you get to set the hook though.

Many days are nothing but casting and trolling.

But when we get an “atta girl” every once in a while, it makes the catch that much sweeter.

What about you? Do you have any great news to share? Are you going to SFI/Cooking for Solutions?

Drop me a line. We can talk.