1.26.2012
100 Foods
I bet some of you have seen this Facebook app floating around. It’s called The Food List Challenge. This quiz lists about 100 foods that supposedly help determine how much of a “foodie” you are — the more items you try, the more of a “foodie” you are. I’m pretty adventurous and I often try a lot of weird things with Chef but there were 8 things on the list that I haven’t tried:
- Bird’s Nest Soup
- Haggis
- Crickets
- Dandelion Wine
- Fugu
- Kangaroo
- Snake
- Squirrel (it is kind of weird that I haven’t tried this yet, especially since I grew up in the midwest)
I’ll probably go down to 2 by the time I die. I mean, bird’s nest soup and haggis? Eh, I don’t know if I can stomach these two things.
Have you taken this quiz yet? If so, how did you score? And how did you score amongst your friends? It’s an interesting list and it definitely sparks a bit of a friendly competition amongst “foodies”.
Happy Wednesday
It has been such a busy week already. My diet lately, has consisted of candy and granola bars. The only time I’ve been able to eat real food is at dinner. No wonder I’m sick. Ugh.
I’ve also been trying to catch up on all of my readings/current events/blogs and I’m in the process of labeling and archiving all of my photos on my computer. Super annoying job, but it’ll be really handy when I need a specific picture (see above).
Links I love today:
- Michael Laiskonis has posted a downloadable pdf of his recipes on his blog (!!!)
- Lottie & Doof’s garlic soup recipe
- Want (sort of): finger sporks, just because they’re weird
- Vanilla & Clove Panna Cotta recipe from Roost
- Read: “3 Reasons Not To Start a Food Biz”
- Video: “Why you shouldn’t text and walk” (I’m totally guilty of this sometimes, especially in parks)
- “17 Best Picture Food Scenes”
In honor of Chinese New Year, here’s a great TED talk from Jennifer 8. Lee on the origins of Chinese-American dishes.
Monday, 8:30pm. L’Appartment, New York City. Homemade french onion soup with cheesy bread.
My throat hurts a little…I think I’m coming down with something because I’ve been feeling like crap all day. I may (or may not have) whined about that to Chef at some point. But despite my complaining, I came home to the best smell this evening: Chef had made french onion soup with a touch of scotch for dinner. Definitely the most awesome thing to go home to.
And yeah, I feel a little better now thanks to Chef.
Things I Did This Weekend: Stayed on the Island
This weekend, Chef and I traveled all over the island. We:
- Went pub hopping downtown and uptown on Friday (technically). As you know, finding a public bathroom in New York isn’t exactly fun so you might as well just suck it up, order a beer at a pub and go. Of course, this turns to a vicious cycle of peeing and drinking. TMI, I know.
- Went to a birthday at Ward III, in Tribeca
- Went to dim-sum with some friends on Sunday at 88 Palace in Chinatown to pre-game our stomachs for Chinese New Year (which officially starts tomorrow!)
- Took Gravy for a nice long snowy walk; I’m glad it finally snowed here but we can’t figure out if Gravy likes it or not…
Chef is occupied with the football game now but I’m wayyyyy into the other kind of football which means that I will be really bored. There is nothing good on TV anyways so he can go ahead and hog the TV tonight. Besides, I need a nap. Here is our weekend in pictures:
Relationships: The Foodie and the Non-Foodie
Can a foodie gastronome and a non-foodie non-gastronome be in a relationship? The Wall Street Journal investigates the struggle between the heart and the stomach:
“When a foodie and a non-foodie fall in love, cooking and eating aren’t always a shared experience. “Non-foodies feel left out or even judged, and foodies feel that an important part of them isn’t fully understood,” says Drew Ramsey, a Manhattan psychiatrist, Columbia University professor of psychiatry and co-author of “The Happiness Diet.” “Unless they can bridge that gap, they run the risk of feeling that something is missing in the relationship,” he says.”
*Cue sad trombone*
However, it should be noted that someone states “you have to understand what the other person likes and not let it be the be-all and end-all of your marriage” at the end of the article.
*Retract sad trombone*
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