Food

 

We are so happy to be eating home-cooked, fresh food again, like this chicken stir fry with lots of vegetables and brown rice. Finding food is never much of a problem on vacation, but healthy eating in restaurants takes more discipline. Because we so rarely eat out in Seattle, I tend to overindulge.

I'm lucky to have a cast iron stomach, but ate something at the Buffalo hotel restaurant that seriously disagreed with me. Fortunately, it passed quickly, but was scary the night before our long flight, because you hear so much about serious foodborne illnesses. 

Along those lines, Delta's entire Detroit catering operation was shut down this week, causing a huge service disruption. More apologies from the poor flight attendants. They served moldy chicken on an international flight, which had to be diverted for all the sick people. Delta Airlines must have a giant building full of lawyers to settle all the lawsuits.

Anyway. Enough Delta horror stories.  It just makes a person want to stay hone.

I made an apple pie from scratch yesterday and what could be more wholesome? The top crust and filling were perfect, but the bottom still a bit soggy. The new oven bakes beautiful breads and cakes, but I still need to fine tune the pizza and pies. John says "consult the user's manual" for the correct rack level-- probably that simple.  

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

A quote by 17th century author François de Rochefoucauld. A Frenchman, of course.