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What I don’t know about food

by Jenny

Farley over at Wine Outlook made some excellent observations about being an expert. In the same vein, I offer up a similar comment about my food knowledge. I am still learning.

I once had a fabulous grad school professor who warned us (we were all budding teachers back then) not to be so cocky because eventually something would come along to bite us in the ass. Okay, he said “knock us down,” but I prefer the colloquial. Anyway, we live in a time period where pretty much anyone can star in “reality TV” which is as oxymoronic as healthy fast food.

Although I’d love to drink as much as I desire (without the repercussions of Asian flush), I do try to eat as much as I can while retaining my waist size and admitting that there’s so much out there to learn about food. I am truly a Bon Appetit and Gourmet girl, but I am also opening my kitchen to ideas from newspapers and, hell, even the backs of boxes and the sides of cans. There’s cooking knowledge to be had everywhere. I’m making a promise to stay alert and open to new culinary ideas…

To confess: I made cinnamon cookies with one-third whole wheat flour and they look (and taste) like cinnamon-scented cardboard building-blocks. Yeah, I’m making ‘em again with 100% white flour. This time nutrition was on my side, but taste wasn’t. And I learned!


Posted in General on November 27th, 2006

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