December 1 2011, 1 diciembre 2011

It's only a month until the new year.....Today I am looking at another dessert recipe, oh it never ends.   As I travel again into Minnesota, I hope to check out those tiny places to eat again.   I think I will skip Bello Cucina and look for Bella in Alexandria's on purpose, we'll see.   I heard about another Restaurant, Grazies in Fargo.    Good or Odd presentation, hard to tell from what people are saying.   The cookies are starting to show up at work again.   The phrase comes to mind WWBHD,   What Would Bob Harper Do?On the last clip he actually went for the coffee on the way to work, had his camera man zoom in the cookies and then said "no" and went on his way.  IT'S EVERYWHERE.    Ways to gain mindless weight without thinking.   On some level I think about it that way, and on another level I think, how does any of that food fit into my criteria of:  melt in your mouth, made with love, served with dignity?   Hmmmmm...thinking about it as a no-no or thinking about it as fitting my criteria.   I will ponder this through the day.   By making everything from scratch (grinding my own flour, canning my own fruits and vegetables, etc.), I feel invested in the food, but on some level exhausted by the preparation, and sometimes, not that infrequently, disappointed in the outcome.  I hope the blog will document these attempts and hopefully offer a memory of what really works.   Like, take the cumin out of the potato quiche, like put the aluminum foil over the squash when baking it, make molten chocolate cake in 2 ounce baking dishes, so they will have 1/2 the calories and still be able to enjoy a decadent treat.   I am looking at a book with desserts made with natural sugars, another way to eat responsibly.   The first day of December, ah........................................

Estuve pensando, mejor dicho sintiendo por mis amigos quienes vienen de mexico.   Aunque todo el mundo sabe lo triste que es, lo que pasa diaramente en un pais, hecho de una rica historia, con talento musico, artisico y de literatura.   Sobre todo, la gente que sufre, los ninos sin futuro, a causa de tanta violencia.   La tristeza que tengo es por haber recibido una amistad de puro corazon de tanta genta (amigos y amigas), el mundo no ve lo que pasa.   La genta politica solamente ve las cosas, una por una.  No ven como tal pobreza es el jardin de violencia en todas partes del mundo.    Sus acciones o soluciones "resuelvan" violencia con violencia, no buscan la causa de tal violencia, lo cual es la pobreza y la falta de salud/comida por todo el mundo.   En cuanto resuelvan el hambre y la enfermedad, previenen la violencia.    Lagrimas y esperanza, cohabitan.  Riqueza del alma viene de la cultura latina pero no es suficiente, y el ofrecer manera de combatir a medio de violencia, obscura la unica solucion que funciona.  Palabras del Fargo Foodie, como lo ve ella.