You've been reading our ramblings here at Slashfood for months now, so isn't it about time you get to know us? Over the next few weeks, we'll be playing 20 questions with our Slashfood bloggers, just so you can see what kind of insanity is cooking in our brains. And kitchens. We've already met Nick, Stefania, Andrew, and Joe. This week, we welcome a brand new blogger to Slashfood, Heather Craven.

Do you have a personal blog? 
I do. It mostly chronicles my daily ramblings about my three children and my skills, or sometimes the lack of, parenting them.

What is your day job, or rather, what do you do when you're not food blogging?
I chase my toddler, try to find matching socks for my brood and figure out healthy food choices for us all.

How long have you been blogging with slashfood and what is your favorite post?
I am spanking new on Slashfood. I have been toiling away on The Life Sciences blog since late 2005.

Do you have any non-food-related, non-blogging hobbies?
I live in the mountains of Colorado so we have a fairly active outdoor life. I love to mountain bike, hike and ski. I also love to paint and read.

Not every foodie does, but do you cook?
Not very successfully. I like to accessorize. I can decorate a mean table, make children's food look spectacular and bake fun goodies.

What is your most prized utensil/gadget in the kitchen?
I have a lovely new red tea kettle. Its happy presence has prompted me to buy a red toaster oven and I am pondering the purchase of a red garbage can to round out the color splash.

List three things in your refrigerator right now.
Vanilla soy milk, pre-grated cheese and lots of yogurt.

You have to impress a date with a home-cooked meal. What are you going to make?
Stuffed shells and a fabulous fun salad.

What is the last thing you ate?
Yogurt and granola topped with strawberries.

Confession time – what do you eat that will get you banned from Slashfood?
I love those soft pretzels with the orange, liquid dipping cheese. The ones at the Wal Mart cafeteria are among the best.

If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Fun salads, chock full of tidbits of veggies, cheeses, nuts, dried cranberries and smoked salmon. Does that count as more than one food?

Your Mom makes the best _____.
Soups. She can whip up any sort of soup.

Which chef would you most like to have come into your kitchen and cook you dinner?
Any chef -just as long as theyleave plenty of leftovers.

Who would you most like to eat dinner with?
My family.

Your drink of choice?
Coffee in the morning followed by water. I love a nice glass of Merlot in the evenings.

Where was your best restaurant dining experience?
I don't get out much anymore, three kids have really cut down on our fun budget. So these days I enjoy just about any restaurant experience.

The worst?
Once my mother convinced me to order raw oysters. Yuck, they were like cold mucous nestled in sea shells.

Do you want fries with that?
Of course.

What foods do you think should be banished from existence?
Anything colored blue, that's just wrong.

What do you see as the biggest "thing" in food for the coming year?
Golly, that's a real stumper.  I'm seated on the edge of my seat in anticipation just like any other person out there.