Food Network is like porn to me.

Weight: 300
Mood: Satisfied

I just got done watching the Food Network show "Good Eats" starring Alton Brown. Today's show was about sandwiches. If you were to look up the definition for the term "right up my alley" and I were the person making the dictionary, there would be a big fat sub sandwich at the top of the page. Of course, there would probably be little subs on the borders of the pages, a watermark that looked like a hamburger, and if you licked the printed paper it would taste like bacon. But that's why I don't print dictionaries.

Watching Food Network actually is still enjoyable. I thought that it would be torture to watch all of this delicious food on display, but I think it makes me feel better about what I'm doing. I feel like how I've used food has done it a disservice. I haven't truly enjoyed food because I was so hell bent on devouring it. You know that moment at the end of a cooking show where the person preparing the food puts it on a plate, their eyes light up, and they take that first bite, and it's like a million little sticks of dynamite go off in their eyes as they moan "Mmmmmm" with everything in them? I've never had that. I've always had a tendency to just rush through a meal so I could beat whoever I was eating with the the last slice, piece, or helping.

So today, for a change, I simply enjoyed the food I ate. Jade made tacos for dinner, and as I took a bite, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the contrast of the warm meat and the crisp cool lettuce. I tasted the sweetness of tomato in the salsa and how it paired with the richness of the avocado. It was epic. It was delicious. I am so glad that I slowed down and savored every bite.