Good Eats

I want to be a foodie. Like, actually. This is a serious goal. 

Perhaps I should start by explaining what a "foodie" is exactly. 
(You know, for those of you with lives who don't plan vacations around what you saw of the Cooking Channel that one time. You know who you are.) Here goes...

Short Answer: Foodie is an informal term for a particular class of aficionado of food and drink.

Long Answer: To be a foodie is not only to like food, but to be interested in it. Just as a good student will have a thirst for knowledge, a foodie wants to learn about food. A foodie will never answer the question "What are you eating" with "I don't know." There are some basic traits of being a foodie, as there are basic traits that come with all labels. Generally, you have to know what you like, why you like it, recognize why some foods are better than others and want to have good tasting food all or certainly most of the time. This doesn't mean that you can't eat flaming hot Cheetos every now and again, but it does mean that you don't fool yourself into thinking that it's a nutritionally balanced meal. Do you have to know the difference between a beefsteak tomato and an heirloom tomato? No, but you might be interested to find out what it is. Do you have to only shop at farmer's markets? No, but you still look for good, fresh produce. Are there some foods you just don't like or weird foods you like? That's ok - it doesn't make you any less of a foodie. Just like food, learn about food and, most importantly, eat food. 

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My mom is a foodie. She loves food and knows how to take ingredients and turn them into something spectacular. 

I am a foodie. I love food and know how to eat the spectacular she makes. 

So when I say I want to be a foodie, what I'm really saying is I want to evolve into one who creates, rather than one who digests (the latter being my current job description.)

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These "foodie" sites are gems. 

Green Kitchen Stories

Adrienne Eats

Pictures & Pancakes

 

Orangette

Sunday Suppers

Bon Appetit

(Happy Thursday)

Hippy

Sometimes there is nothing better than a healthy dose of sarcasm.
Unhappy Hipsters fulfills this need nicely, poking fun at the overly modern design that has become the recent rage. These two were just too good to keep to myself.
(The one with the dog is unknowingly all about my own pup, Logan. A sweetie, but he definitely has his Nathan Lane in the Birdcage moments.)

And then — a wild gust of wind.

The dog was a master manipulator. 

They’d both become his pawns, puppets being pulled apart by this ménagerie à trois.

Oh it's luscious alright!

This evening, my friend/ inspiration to life Jon slipped up and gave me the link to his "funny and angsty little brother's" blog Luscious America. I now have a new favorite waste my time read! Here's a snippet that has put the recent Twilight insanity into some properly needed perspective. I'm actually kind of excited to see the movie. Sell my soul, but that's how it goes.

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So today, my mother came up to me and said, "Hey, wanna go see New Moon today? Don't think of that as an offer as much as a command." So I looked up the movie times, and saw that The Blind Side was also playing. So I went, thinking that I could get away with a last minute change. So when we were about 10 minutes away from the theatre, I mentioned that The Blind Side was playing. My mother, being the generous person she was, told me that I could go and see The Blind Side if I wished. Then, she pulled her deceitul tricks. At the movie theatre, she asked me which movie I wanted to see. I told her "The Blind Side". She then told the worker, "Hi. I'd like 4 tickets for New Moon". She then told me, "You can go to whichever one you want, but the candy and popcorn go to New Moon." So, being deceived by my mother and popcorn, I walked into the Teenage Girl Abyss. Here's how the movie went (from what I saw).

First, I sat through trailers for various chick flicks that only girls and their reluctant boyfriends would ever see. Then, I went to the bathroom. When I came back, a girl was giving Cat Stevens a hug on screen. Then a bunch of awful writing/acting occured before my eyes, before there was a fight scene between two members of a gay pride parade. The fighting was very Gay-Matrixy. The Gaytrix. I then went to the bathroom again. When I came back, the pale guy broke up with the chick with awful acting. She then walked around like she was a zombie (Without the gore :( ). She then started hanging out with Cat Stevens. I walked to the bathroom again. When I came back, Cat Stevens turned into an angsty David Archuleta. Then, he turned into an awfully animated wolf, and attacked Bob Marley, and some random chick with Rodman-Esqur hair started running around. Then suddenly, the chick realized that she sucked at acting so she jumped off a cliff, and the Rodman chick disappeared in the water. (I have a theory at this is a Cat Stevens trip.) Then, David Archuleta saved bad acting chick. Then, they all went to Rome to save vampire-Harvey Milk. Harvey took off his shirt, and his extremely displaced nipples showed. (Left nipple=a lot higher and bigger than the right nipple). Then, I went to the bathroom again. When I got back, they were all in with a bunch of gay French guys. After more Gaytrix fighting, they all walked out in the anticlimatic ending. Then, there was another 10 minutes of her debating whether she should be a vampire or not. Then, Harvey and David had a fight, to which the angsty David left angstily. Harvey then shocked the world and proved he was straight by asking the GIRL to marry him. At that point I couldn't help but scream, "Cedric Diggory!!".

And now for my review. Many of you are confused as to why I admire Edward and hate the movie. While Mr. Cullen is a good key for telling what the modern woman finds attractive, I do belive that he would do better in a different setting, IE not in a world that sets the bar so high for a guy such as me. I do not think that he should be in a film that the average man hates so much. So while I support Edwards attractivenessity, I do not support his actions. Also, Jacob is 10 years old and has a photoshopped body. So I will continue to admire and envy Edward Cullen, but I will not support his teenage lifestyle.

So overall? Cat Stevens on Roids+Gay Vampires-Everyone thinking you're straight= 11 out of 10 stars. Highly reccomend it.