Cabin Fever and Weird Food Things

It's day one of Hurricane Sandy, and I'm dying to get out of my apartment. This is a bad sign.

I spent as much of Sunday out of doors and it's still not enough. Apparently when it comes to "hunkering down" I am something of a failure. Sure, I like an afternoon cuddled up in front of the TV as much as the next girl, but I don't like having no other option! According to Mayor Bloomberg (whose attempts as Spanish are pretty much the funniest thing I have ever heard) the shit is going to get real much later today into tomorrow with crazy winds and flooding. Sigh. I wanted to pop outside for a quick walk, but the rain and cold winds have already picked up, and since I don't want anything to fall on me, I'll abstain.

So...how are you guys?

After 30 years of kicking around on Planet Earth I know very few things to be 100% true. The few things that are indisputably fact are food-related and can be summarized as thus:

1. Gummi Bears pair beautifully with a nice rose.
2. Everyone likes at least one type of pie.
3. There is no such thing as an omnivore.

(Awesome Sidenote: Remember back when I wrote about Tabula Rasa...or Clean Slate? I recently had the MOST DELICIOUS wine that was called....Clean Slate. DESTINY! WINE OF DESTINY!)

If you haven't read Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma, I encourage you to put down 50 Flavors of Stupid Nonsense, Hooker and check this out instead. It's a slow start but ultimately a fascinating read. Where does our food come from? Why is corn in EVERYTHING? How does culture influence culinary choices? It's so interesting!

But in the broadest definition of "omnivore," that is, one that eats anything, I have never met a person who didn't have some weird hang-ups or aversions to food. We can't please all of the people all of the time. When I was much younger, I was like a carbo-loading monster. Potatoes, pasta, bread. Every mean could have been a starch and I'd have been happy. It was only with time, and experimentation that I learned that I also liked many vegetables, most fruits, and some poultry. Seafood is not really on the cards. Nor are creamy foods and sauces (it's a texture thing, I can't handle it) or eggs (I've been trying for years to eat eggs and not feel sick afterwards. No dice.)

Here at HQ, my roommate has prepared a bunch of food for the hurricane. I....uh....did not. I picked up a Big Gulp of coffee at 7-11 yesterday, and a footlong sub from Subway. Both of which are dwindling. I've also got some garlic hummus (my favorite!) apples and peanut butter. I think I'll be ok. Starvation is not on the cards in any sense.

Thanks to those who have sent well wishes to the East Coast during this slightly bonkers couple of days. If power goes down....well, them's the breaks, you know? I'll be back when I'm back.