This year, give yourself permission.
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The reason I like the Don Draper indoor pool scene on Mad Men has nothing to do with Jon Hamm’s dad bod.
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Fewer foods are more widely known and loved as soup. Ever since someone figured out that bones can be roasted, onions can be sweated, spices can be toasted, and most meat, fish, or veg can be thrown in, soup has always been on the menu. Just add water.
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To say I am very interested in food is to say that comedians are very interested in laughter.
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See those tiny dots in the little blue circle? Allow me to zoom in. That’s me on the left. My shoulders are in my ears because the water is freezing.
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The day I fell in love with carbs was actually not a day at all -- it was an eve. New Year's Eve, 1978.
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The more I heard, the more Burlington, Vermont conjured up visions of my visit to Berkeley, California, or what I thought Portland, Oregon might be like — a haven of craft beers, entrepreneurs, farm-to-table cuisine, hippies, and beautiful scenery.
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My experience making poi at Waipā in August 2011 truly defined connecting through food -- everywhere I turned there was a lively conversation, a hardworking soul cleaning up, and a group of helping hands cooking, cleaning, and sharing.
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As I looked around me, I thought, “this is the good stuff.” People eating, drinking, and connecting. Friends meeting up for bowls of pasta, girlfriends chatting over cocktails, games being played, people on dates, bartenders and chefs sharing jokes behind the bar -- this was way better than any planned outing or attraction I would visit in this famous city.
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