You are Delicious

A French fry walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender says, “No can do, man. We don’t serve food here.”
Badum-ching!

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A random but potentially lucrative thought: Someone should develop squeezable peanut butter! You know, like the mayo and mustard and ketchup you can buy now? It would require just a little tinkering with the consistency (it would have to be a little thinner than traditional PB — maybe with the addition of good-for-you-coconut oil, or nutritious [...]

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Would you want someone to peel your child off a piece of cellophane and eat him or her bite by sticky bite? That’s what Fruit Roll-ups is suggesting. While personalized processed fruit products may have their charms, I’m not sure I’d be so into it.

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Lately, I’m loving caffeine–or rather, my writing is. Give me a 16-ounce cup of coffee and I’m off to the races like a mocha-colored thoroughbred. Feed me a few dark chocolate Kisses and I’m so prolific John Updike is rising from the grave and applauding. Give me a two-shot latte and I’m so creative my ideas are having ideas.
I’m [...]

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Stuffing myself? Not at all; I am engaging in preemptive hunger management.

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I found myself wondering: are they serious?

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Less protein! More fresh air! The concept of saving the world by eating less meat is going mainstream. This isn’t even an op-ed!

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Strictly for work, I was cruising Oprah’s site (I was preparing this story) and found something interesting. Food voyeurs, take note: you can read everything that Oprah eats for seven days. I wonder if her personal chef is really measuring out 2 teaspoons low-fat mayo for this and 1 teaspoon olive oil for that? I [...]

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Aha! Here’s more for you, if my previous post isn’t enough. If you haven’t already registered at NYtimes. com, better go for it. Then check out these articles:
A friend passed along this article, which has Michael Pollan at the throat of factory farming again and looking at what “sustainable” really means.
Then there’s this one , a [...]

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In cooking there are no mistakes — just unplanned experiments.

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