a thousand nights, a thousand menus
12:58 on Monday, March 10, 2003 • 2 responses
I’ve been eating out too much lately. Perhaps it’s more precise to say I’ve been eating too much out lately. Between Thursday morning and Sunday night, I’ve gone out for soul food, two pieces of cheesecake, two big bowls of pho, fried chicken, sushi, falafel, a hearty brazilian breakfast, and a pseudo-asian lunch. My in-home meals were a bowl of cereal and a couple of eggs.
I’m not really all that concerned about the amount of food I eat when I go out. I’d probably eat the same amount or more were I to stay in and cook. I’m more concerned about the amount I spend when I go out. If one chooses their restaurants wisely, it is possible to eat well (nutritionally speaking) and spend less than one would cooking at home, but this is simply not possible in Santa Cruz. The average decent non-pizza-non-hot dog-non-taco-or-burrito lunch is probably well over $7.
I go through cooking phases. I’m not in such a phase right now, even though the only websites I really read these days are the cooking sites listed in the feet section. I tried to be last week. For the first time in a long time my schedule allowed me to go to the farmer’s market, and I went. The quality and abundance of produce is evidence enough. I walked around the market for an hour. What did I come home with? Two cucumbers. Pathetic.
A while ago, Poog and I endeavored to plan out our meals every week. That lasted about a week, maybe a week and a half. Help.
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