April 03, 2005
a food post
i realized that i haven't gone off on a food-rant in quite awhile. granted, i really haven't written much at all lately. but whatever. in the past few weeks with all kinds of stress and angst and surprise and emotions and exhaustion once again i have been able to rely on food to make me happy. and that sounds a bit odd, but it isn't really. not for me. the sheer, pure joy and enjoyment i get from food is rather unique, but i love it. LOVE IT.
i really had a bit of an eye-opener over break when i was skiing with my dad. i discovered to my utter amazement that i am in the best shape i've ever been in - with the possible exception of the years i was racing. and it dawned on me that being in great shape doesn't mean not having "squishy parts" .. quite a revelation to me. anyways, i'm now rather inspired to keep my body in this good shape and perhaps even reduce some of the squishy bits, and this is coupled with an amazing inspiration to go to the gym. in addition to frisbee, dance and tennis. however, all this exercise also means that i am giving in to some of my food-cravings, so perhaps it will all balance out again : )
one of my wonderful food-cravings that i gave into this week was ricotta cheese. i thank my mother for helping me really discover this food when we were in Florence and didn't want to schlep out to a restaurant for dinner. instead we went to the local supermarket, got a tub of ricotta from the deli, some ciabatta and a bottle of wine. in all my cooking with ricotta i had never before appreciated the full flavor - the richness, the smoothness, the vanilla flavor that is just barely there but still noticable. it's amazing. so i bought myself a little tub of ricotta (full-fat of course - that was the hard part) and continuously have "moments" of rapture. we're talking eating a spoonful of this stuff straight out of the container... so GOOD. and then all the things you can do with it!! like mix in some sugar and spread on yummy challah. or just eat it ; )
so yeah, food is my solice. or whatever. and thanks to my new-found determinism to keep going to the gym, i can indulge in all of these amazing things. yay.
Posted by lara at April 3, 2005 03:34 PM
