I saw a sign today...

For "Romantic Sex on the Beach" - a drink. Which I admit is terribly cheesy for a name. However, I indulged myself in thoughts of what a Romantic Sex on the Beach drink would contain if I were making it.

I decided: mashed blueberries, lime juice, a bit of maple syrup, club soda and a mint leaf. And then a dark chocolate on the side. But I think I would rather call it "Sex in the Woods by a Campfire But Just a Little Bit High Maintenance." If I start a bar, that is what I will call my signature drink.

And then in the morning I will make my cranberry almond scones and call them something likewise enticing, such as, " Waking Up is Much More Nice When You Have Magical Happy Scones." I am thinking we will only be able to have about three items on the menu with names that long, but it will be easier that way, and then I can be really specialized in my offerings.

I am not a foodie.

Recently, I read Grass Fed Up in the NYT, lamenting the proliferation of foodies, and associated irritations. I thought, finally someone has spoken the truth!

I tired of chasing the lastest restaurant craze about six years ago, after realising most restaurants were serving food which tasted worse than what I could prepare at home, and it was more expensive. Unconvinced that restaurants were they high road to eating, I embarked on cooking with various cookbooks, only to discover simple is better and often the newest cookbooks are really just reworkings of everything that's already been.

Excuse me if I don't get breathless with the fantasies of saffron tinged soup or truffle oil. I just want to eat something simple and good. And preferably mildly healthy. I don't want to be dragged all over town, waiting to try the lastest food craze only later to be followed by gastro excitement from some sort of high fat "delight".

I just don't care. I don't care if I eat frozen vegetables every night. And cereal when I feel like it. And apples every day. And now that it's been shown you can survive and even lose weight on junk food, I am not going to lose sleep about my diet.

This obsession with the latest and best food taste, beer, going out to the newest restaurant- it just doesn't seem that important to me.