But, coffee first?

I do not understand your use of a question mark there.

I do not understand your use of a question mark there.

Me neither.

It was a retorical question, i guess.

What is DW?

I slept in. It is rainy and yucky. Mac was up at 5:30. We are now at church and he is attempting to nap on my lap.

Doctor Who, I think.

All this talk of food is reminding me. I seriously need to update my cookbook collection. Does anyone have any recs for books that focus on easy and healthy?

Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home. Whole Foods Cookbook.

Thanks!

I was going to spend the day cleaning, but it's gorgeous out and it's supposed to start raining tomorrow, so I think that first I am going to make a quick TJs run, then drive out to Half Moon Bay, and walk on the beach for a bit, and stop at Popeyes for lunch, and then clean.

I have several cookbooks with Quick and Healthy in the title that I use a few recipes out of each pretty regularly (when I'm i cooking mode, anyway), but I don't know that they have much to recommend them over anything else with Quick and Healthy in the title.

If I like Bjork's 11-year-old music, should I give her mature work a listen? I doubr I've ever heard anything that wasn't on the radio or in a soundtrack.

Brenda, thanks so much for posting about your change in eating habits! (You posted it and then we had to run out the door and were out late and I'm just now getting around to Internetting.) What you say makes a lot of sense -- it reminds me of mindful eating. Thich Nhat Hanh has a new book (co-authored) about mindful eating, which I have waiting for me at the library, since I could use more of both eating and living mindfully.

I've got to say, the roasted veggies are da bomb. Cauliflower is probably my favorite. Broccoli heads taste best when they get all ugly and brown. I stopped cooking them together though because Broccoli likes to suck up salt.

I make this recipe with roasted broccoli, and I tweak it by adding parmesan or some other strong stinky foot cheese, and serve it over pasta. Sooooo good.

Slow roasted lamb with chard leaves and stems, garum, and rosemary, paired with Bonny Doon "Le Cigare Volant" California 2004. OH MY GOD. Oh my god! So good.

I have two bottles of Le Cigare Volant left over from a case I bought a couple of years ago. It's the reason I am a member of Bonny Doon.

That is a DAMN GOOD wine. Nom.

I think amych is right, it's all about the love shown in growing the vegetable and in preparing it.

I never liked brussels sprouts until my brother roasted them for me, and I think that part of why I liked them so much is how it's so clear that he loves cooking for people.

AND I think that our culture is predisposed to think of fruit as worse for you than veg.

Which I don't get, either. My basic "rule" is that I try to get at least 5 servings of veggies and/OR fruit a day. And some days all 5 are fruit. It happens. But fruit has fiber, which I need in large amounts, and it's full of vitamins, and is really fucking tasty.

And I could totally eat a pound of bing or Ranier cherries if I let myself. Which I think would qualify as my 5 fruit servings for the day.