Welcome

Stoy
- noun
1. Nickname for Jeff Stoyanoff, a twenty-three-year-old male graduate student in English with various interests including (but not limited to) reading, writing, cooking, friends, the outdoors, movies/film, and teaching pigs to fly (only on Sundays).

fare
- noun

1.	the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.

2.	a person or persons who pay to be conveyed in a vehicle; paying passenger.

3.	a person who hires a public vehicle and its driver.

4.	food; diet: hearty fare.

5.	something offered to the public, for entertainment, enjoyment, consumption, etc.: literary fare.

6.	Archaic. state of things.

Now that I have defined each word separately, perhaps I should go further in depth and explain what the combination of the two spawns. What I hope that this blog will become is a chronicle of various things that I enjoy, including books ("literature" if I am feeling especially intellectual), film, food/beer/wine/liquor, and people (namely family and friends). This blog will become the way I "keep track" of my world; as a result, it is a little window through which you can peer into what exactly is going on in my life.

Even though I listed all six definitions for the word fare, it is likely that only the last three will truly apply to the regular posts on "Stoy's Fare":

Food, diet:
Believe it or not, I have always had a knack for cooking. While I have no professional training whatsoever, I have managed to teach myself a few things through reading and one of the greatest channels on cable - The Food Network. I have also managed to utilize trial and error, which has brought me to understand why it is trial and error opposed to trial and success! However, with each passing day, I learn something new, and once I move into my new apartment, I will have my own kitchen (albeit small) to use as my laboratory.

Something offered to the public, for entertainment, enjoyment, consumption, etc.: literary fare:
This definition is exactly what a blog is! Everything that I post is an offering to the public - this is the internet and the world at large awaits! Moreover, everything that I post will fall into any of those categories - entertainment, enjoyment, consumption, or (a slightly different connotation) literary fare.

Archaic. state of things:
Again, this blog is all about the "state of things." Additionally, the use of the archaic meaning relates to my own studies in English as one of the eras that I enjoy the most is the Medieval Period.

So. Without further ado, welcome to "Stoy's Fare"! Bon Appétit!