Spring Brings a Fresh Start

This is my favorite time of year, not only because of the beautiful weather in the Bay Area but also the feeling of renewal and hope. So while some of you are busy roasting lamb or glazing ham, I decided to take this time to launch a new look for my blog.

The main change is the header, so if it doesn’t look different to you, try clearing out the cache on your computer and hitting the refresh button. I’ve also made some subtle changes over the last few days, including calling myself Single Guy Ben.

There’s been some confusion in the past with new visitors who think because I called myself Single Guy Chef that I was, literally, a chef. And while it was just a play on the whole food theme of this blog, I was getting a bit tired of having to explain myself. So thus, I’m now reborn as Single Guy Ben, or just plain The Single Guy.

But you might say, hey Single Guy, so why is your URL and e-mail still singleguychef? Well, that’s because I’ve used that since I launched the blog in 2006 and people have gotten used to that and have me in their address book that way, so it would be too confusing to find a new URL and have people change their address book. So some remnants of the Single Guy Chef remain.

I hope you like the new look, and I hope you continue to visit my blog. I’ll still be posting simple recipes to help people, especially singles, come up with easy but elegant dinners. And as I go food shopping or eating out in the San Francisco Bay Area or beyond, you’ll read about my adventures here. Let me know what you think. One way you can take part right now is by voting in the poll over on the right column, letting me know which recipe sounds like the most interesting for my Test Kitchen feature using Food & Wine recipes.

Here’s to spring and fun times ahead!