Random Observation #1: I’ve been watching a lot of television lately, something I’ve vowed will change, though we’ll save that for another post. Fun fact: watching the Food Network is hazardous to your waistline. And not because the programs inspire you to prepare the recipes, just that you are at home, on the couch, near the kitchen where abundant amounts of food are available, this being America, and seeing all that food incites constant snacking.
Random Observation #2: My roommate self-identifies as a “hippie.” If hippie means privileged slob who buys lots of toys (digital SLR camera, electric drum set, the latest products from the fruit-themed-company-I-shall-not-name that has taken over our lives, etc.), spends weekends in the Hamptons with his upscale girlfriend, works a side job selling premium Scotch, and never lifts a finger to clean our fucking apartment, then hippie he is.
Random Observation #3: A new hole-in-the-wall eatery opened in my neighborhood this week. There are just two items on the menu: shaved ice and dumplings. I have finally found two reasons to love New York.
It's been awhile!
10 years ago
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I was listening to NPR the other night and there was an expert in global food trends who was talking about how the price of food is related to wastelines. At the turn of the century (1900) food was 50% of Americans' income (decades and centuries earlier it was 90%). Today, food is 10% of our income. In developing and third world countries food is at least 40% of people's incomes, but mostly higher. Pretty crazy when you think about it this way. The possible good thing about high gas prices and this "bad economy" is that Americans may actually slim down a bit. Go figure.
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