Project Gastronome: A Month-Long April Fools Joke on Myself

It's spring!  Days are getting warmer, the kids are getting more restless, and I'm ready to kick off another project.  Project Horror and Project Valentine have both been a lot of fun.  Still, I wanted my next one to be something a little more active than just sitting in front of the TV for two hours each night.

I found inspiration on one of my favorite blogs, The Sneeze, which has a recurring feature called Steve, Don't Eat It!, in which he eats various inadvisable things.  I've been thinking a lot about what goes into my mouth lately - I've lost nearly 25 pounds since January (with more to go), partly by keeping a food log.  Now, I wouldn't expect you to be interested in what I ate for lunch today, but if I was to eat something unusual every day...

And so, for the month of April, I am launching Project Gastronome, in which I will be trying a new, unusual, or awful food every weekday and writing about it here.  I've set down a few guidelines for myself:

• This isn't a volume or speed eating project.
• Courtney and I gave up dining out for Lent, so all foods must either be purchased at the store or online, and will be prepared at home.
• Any food can be covered up to the point where it becomes edible.  Although some of these foods will, by necessity, need preparation, I'm going to do my best to stay true to the spirit of the food.
• We're traveling for weddings a few weekends this month, so I'm only going to be doing this on weekdays.

If you've read my other projects, you know that I like to split things up into blocks.  The themes for Project Gastronome will be:

• April 4-8: Animal
• April 11-15: Vegetable
• April 18-22: Potable
• April 25-29: Questionable

First entry will be on Monday!  Also, keep reading - in a few days, I'll be announcing a way that YOU, my devoted audience, can be part of a Look What Danny Made! live interactive event.