MormonTimes.com: Beth Palmer: Confessions of an unabashed foodie

I'm not sure when exactly the transformation occurred, but at some point in the past 10 years I turned into an unabashed foodie.

That's in stark contrast to the way I cooked the first time I had my own kitchen, finally away from the Morris Center cereal and salad that sustained me during my freshman year at BYU. Back then I was being creative if I threw a garlic clove into the pot of water that was boiling my chicken.

These days, my eating habits have taken on a far more complex — some would say snobby — tenor. I get excited about homemade apple cider vinegar from the farmer's market and have become addicted to the buttermilk-based cottage cheese they sell at my neighborhood Whole Foods (and yes, I'm embarrassed to admit I've formed a dependency on anything that can only be had at that store).

I don't want to be a stereotype or a snob; I just love the art of good food. Happily for me, my roommate shares this quirk. The "snack drawer" in our fridge has been unofficially converted into a cheese drawer, and at any given moment it's likely to house anywhere between five and 10 different types of cheese, with cheddar only occasionally making an appearance.

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