It has been a long time since I have written. Really, it's just not healthy for a writer not to be writing more often... like an athlete who stops training -they get out of shape, they're not on their game, and most importantly, they probably also feel terrible (endorphins-withdrawal or something!). So forgive the off-beat style today.
The weather has gone nuts. Ya think it's spring, and then, BOOM! Hail, snow, rain... all at the same time. The trees that had just begun to bud were dipped in crystal and cold, along with that spring optimism. But take heart -we are stronger and tougher than that. And this morning, the sun shone bright as lamp posts cried puddles around us, and the glistening rainbows between the branches of the phantom-like trees dared another storm. It's so bizarre. And frankly, it's sickeningly exhausting sometimes (as in, I am actually sick because what ordinary human body can handle such temperature fluctuation without reeling just a little!).
Anyways. I think I want to learn how to bake some stuff. Mostly, because I realize I have become a cookie monster over the last month or so... it's great when the crispy-on-the-outside, soft-and-chewy-in-the-middle varities of chocolate chip heavenly morsels are free. (Aside: why does free stuff always taste better? look better? wear better? i mean seriously, isn't your favourite pen that free one you got at recruiting 2 years ago?) But you know, these days are not like those good ol' days... to purchase a gourmet cookie, will cost one roughly $3.99 -for one bloody cookie! It's insane. And multiply that number by 100 and you've got the calorie count for that same cookie -again, for one bloody cookie! And although these cookies do tend to be delicious, they are invariably too sweet. So like, I need to find a good cookie recipe and just cut that sugar in half. That way, I can eat 2 whole cookies for roughly 399 calories, savvy? Good recipe suggestions welcome. The other nice thing about baking is then sharing the goods with the people you adore -always a much enjoyed and heartily appreciated gesture to indulge a gourmande (and let's be serious, I do not befriend people who are not gourmandes ;).
Speaking of good food. I ate quite a delicious margherita pizza last weekend (yes, in Toronto of all places... i know, i know, incroyable, really! but good food in that city does in fact, exist... actually, since the last 3 months I have been visiting Toronto, I have yet to have an unpleasant culinary experience, which believe me, surprises both me and you... not to diss Toronto, but you know, I'm still a little sore about last weekend's hockey game -hopefully we beat the Sabres tonight though... then all will be well =) So anyway, this pizza. Hole in the wall place -Buddha Pie. Gourmet-pizza standard price. Thin crust (a bit too crispy, I will admit... yet not a deal-breaker by any stretch!), fresh crushed tomatoes as a base 'sauce', buffalo mozarella (slightly over-melted, but again, still fantastic), and freshly chopped basil. Really. Really. It was good. It was mmmmmm... good.
Well, nothing like writing - writing about the natural world, writing about food, to cheer one up amidst these seasonal upheavals!
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