Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Hov’.<\/i><\/p>\n
Ah jeez, sorry about that.\u00a0I\u2019m using speech-to-text to write this bio and it just picked up the Jay-Z song I was listening to.<\/p>\n
My name is actually Vin. Vincent, if you\u2019re my mother. Vince, if you\u2019re my old baseball coaches. Vinny, if you\u2019re everyone else, despite me never once introducing myself that way.\u00a0You guys can call me whatever you like, just try to keep it PG…and don\u2019t call me Vinny.<\/p>\n
I grew up in the NY\/NJ\/Conneticut Tri-state area, which as we all know, is a hotbed for great culinary…things.\u00a0I have a way with words as you\u2019ll soon find out.\u00a0I was born in Brooklyn, and relocated to the Jersey Shore where I\u2019ve remained ever since. Throw all your preconceived notions out the door; the Jersey Shore is everything like the show of the same name.<\/p>\n
While I\u2019ve been frequenting the East Coast\u2019s…nay, the country\u2019s best delis and pizza places since I was a baby, I appreciate all foods equally.\u00a0I\u2019ll get a deluxe Italian at New York\u2019s top delicatessen, then hit Subway for a cardboard and shredded lettuce footlong on the drive home.\u00a0I can eat a slice of pepperoni at a place called Nunzio\u2019s then turn around and slam an entire thin crust from Domino\u2019s without so much as a peep.\u00a0Hell, I\u2019ll even eat a Peep, and those things are made of memory foam and sand.<\/p>\n
I absolutely love to cook.\u00a0I also absolutely love to lie.\u00a0Store bought, processed foods are my everything. I anticipate the release of new Doritos flavors like expectant parents anticipate their first born.\u00a0A nutritionist once saw my cart at the supermarket and ran out of the place in hysterics.\u00a0She hasn\u2019t been seen since.\u00a0Come home Carolyn, your family misses you.<\/p>\n
But, seriously, I love to write, and I love to eat.\u00a0I have an impeccable palate and my taste buds are insured for $2 million by Lloyd\u2019s of London, so you can trust my reviews.\u00a0I promise to try my best and steer you in the right direction when it comes to what snack impulses to respond to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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