Tag: food

  • The Range of Comfortable

    The Range of Comfortable

    Take any aspect of your life.  There is a range that you are comfortable with – no matter what aspect you think about. For instance – when it comes to food, we all have a range of types of foods and tastes that we are comfortable.  Andrew Zimmern has a…

  • Restaurant Japanese

    Restaurant Japanese

    You can all be fluent in Restaurant Japanese or Restaurant Italian. If you’re a sushi fan, you know how to order what you like.  You know the fish names in japanese.  You know what kind of roll or sushi you want.  You might even be able to order off the…

  • Friends I Eat With

    Friends I Eat With

    …….. are the really, really good friends. Have you ever heard of Dunbar’s Number?  Here’s another post about it. Friends that I eat with are friends.  We have all sorts of friends on Facebook and Twitter.  Thousands of friends – thousands of followers.  Do we even know what a friend…

  • Talk to Strangers

    Talk to Strangers

    I know most of you that see this will think – I’m not suppose to talk to strangers.  Yes, we teach that to little kids.  It’s a great rule – for little kids.  Some of you are adults – I don’t think little kids read this blog – but you’re…

  • Purge Friends

    Purge Friends

    I heard someone say that today.  Think about that concept.  Let me break it down for you. purge  (pûrj) v. purged, purg·ing, purg·es v.tr. 1. a. To free from impurities; purify. friend (frnd) n. 1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. 2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance. 3. A person with whom one…

  • Beef Tongue and Chicken Liver

    Beef Tongue and Chicken Liver

    What does this have to do with identity?  I’m not sure, but I am going to a restaurant tonight that serves this.  Maybe I’ve been watching a few too many documentaries on food – especially the stuff that most people throw away. I was born in the philippines.  Filipinos eat…

  • The Seduction of Free

    The Seduction of Free

    se·duc·tion/siˈdəkSHən/Noun 1. The action of seducing someone. 2. A tempting or attractive thing. free/frē/ Verb: Make free, in particular. Adverb: Without cost or payment: Have you ever been to Costco on the weekends? You know where I’m going with this right? They have all of these tables set up with…

  • My Foodie Identity

    My Foodie Identity

    I looked up definitions of Foodie – on Urban Dictionary. The definitions had to do with loving food and knowing ingredients.  It had to do with people that enjoy food.  I think that a foodie is someone that is all of these things, but then also blogs about it.  In…

  • Our Cravings Define Us

    Our Cravings Define Us

    Think about that.  What do you crave?  Sushi?  Snails?  Spam and Egg Burrito? I saw a tweet this week about a spam and egg burrito.  I’ve never had a spam and egg burrito.  It sounded so good.  I craved it for a day and then gave in.  I needed to…

  • Spend Money to Buy Better Food

    Spend Money to Buy Better Food

    …..or pay for it later. I know that food industry makes it so much easier to buy cheaper food, but it’s cheap not just in price.  It’s so easy to buy a McDonald’s cheeseburger, and it’s so good. But you will pay the price with damage that it does to…

  • If I Had to Eat the Same Meal Everyday for a Year

    If I Had to Eat the Same Meal Everyday for a Year

    ….I would have chicken, broccoli, and lentils.  I wanted to put sushi for every meal, but I think I would die.  I could possibly live on rice and eggs. This was an interesting idea to me.  I don’t even know if I eat the same meal two times in a…

  • Freeganism

    Freeganism

    Ever heard of it?  Here’s the Google Search for it.  Basically, they are scavengers or dumpster divers.  They don’t buy anything.  They live off of our trash.  It’s an amazing identity. But before you think that pulling food out of the dumpster is gross, would you consider that someone deemed…