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Hello and welcome to Sampling the City! I am so excited for you to be here!

Let me introduce myself... I am Morgan, twenty-two-year-old eating extraordinaire and New York newbie. I graduated from college this past May and moved to Manhattan on May 20 (that's right, just five weeks ago!). I am currently- but hopefully not for much longer- unemployed and apparently decided to make a full-time job out of eating to pass the time. I love the New York eating scene- there is something out there for every appetite, every mood and every craving. With over 18,000 restaurants in the city, it can be overwhelming to think about navigating through all of them, but I find it exhilarating. There are so many options before me, and I see it as an exciting challenge to discover the hidden gems and weed out the foul and flavorless.

The point of Sampling the City is not to become the next New York Times food critic or to bore you with my eating escapades. I am the first to admit that i have no real culinary knowledge. I didn't go to culinary school and I have never written a cookbook. I do, however, love to eat. And eating is something I do well. So, the purpose of this blog is simply to share, from one New Yorker to another, the edible treats I discover in the city. If I am already going to be out there, wading through the city's restaurant highs and lows, why not make your lives a little easier by giving my opinion on the best and worst New York has to offer? Not that you have to take my word for it...

So, grab your appetites and let's start sampling!