I love food. A lot.

Not only do I eat it, but I also manage to sleep it and breathe it, without feeling claustrophobic! For me, good food isn’t only about taste – it’s about the people who grew it, the resources that went into it, and the environmental impact it had before ending up on the end of my fork. It’s also about how it makes me feel on the inside, hence the double meaning of “feel good food.” You might say that I look at food throughout its entire life cycle!

I’m not exactly sure when my passion for food really took off. Maybe it was while in was in university, where I buried my head in books during the year but took the summers to bury my hands in the soil on organic farms. Or maybe my passion was born back in high school, where I decided to go vegetarian to reduce my ecological footprint. Or maybe, as my father would say, it was born when I was born, having grown up with an abundant edible garden in my yard. Yess’r… If you can call picking the flowers off strawberry plants farming, then I had quite the head start.

Regardless, here I am, 26 years old, enjoying life in my eco-friendly house in Toronto. For fun, I conduct eating experiments where I try and as much local and sustainably grown food as I can, on a budget! (More about these topics in the blog.) Plus, I also have a plethora of food sensitivities so I like to create recipes that are “emily-friendly.” So….if dairy, eggs, soy, processed sugar, or wheat/gluten disagree with you on physical or moral grounds, then my recipes will be friendly for you too!

When I’m not cooking, eating or blogging about food, I can be found riding by bike around the city, gardening on my rooftop patio, getting in over my head with craft projects, drinking tea and generally being in the moment. [updated: I can now be found touring around the Northeast US/Eastern Canada on my bike visiting food projects!  But still getting in over my head in projects and being in the moment...]

I hope you enjoy the blog. Do get in touch! I’d love to hear from you…post a comment or send me an email at emily [at] feelgoodfood [dot] net. Isn’t the interweb wonderfun?

Eat well, live well!

~ Emily

P.S. Check out my very first post here for more about me and why I started this site.