Weekend of Feb. 15-17 HEAVEN

Friday night I escaped school campus, and despite a battle with the stomach virus that has been going around, went over to a friend's house to make Japanese food. Perhaps this may not seem like the best choice, but surprisingly I felt much better after consuming something edible and pleasing. We made sushi with crab meat, avocado, and cucumber. By the way, make sure when you buy the avocado its fresh and not brown when you cut into it; very important for the proper creamy avocado texture and taste. Also, trust me, its worth it to buy real crab and not the imitation stuff. Along with sushi, we made rice cakes- this is very easy people: take some rice and mix it with Japanese rice seasoning- and terriyaki chicken. Absolutely amazing! I wish I could say I coupled all this with some high class saki, alas, college students have a budget and we settled with coke a cola.

Saturday brunch- I ventured into the city with a Spanish friend and went to a Spanish/Catalan restaurant called Mercat. In Spain, 1pm when we were at the restaurant, breakfast is still served, so we ordered from the breakfast menu. I had an omelet that was bigger around than my head and at least an inch thick; it had onions, potatoes, and bacon. Accompanying this I had to slices of toast with olive oil, tomato, and garlic smeared on it and I split a plate of potatoes with sauce with my friend. The meal only stayed on my plate for 20 minutes. My friend even told me that the restaurant wanted the plate back, so I should restrain myself from eating it also. Of course at the end of all this I had to make a little room, so I let one notch go on my belt...and maybe I unbuttoned my pants to for a short time. The bacon had a delicious apple-smokey flavor that I could not get enough of.

Sunday was not the most exciting day of the weekend for my stomach, but it was still better than eating on campus. After spending the afternoon supporting the men's tennis team, who won 8-1, coach ordered everyone pizza. I had three slices of pizza from the place down the street, Pizza Mia. I had slices from the peppers and sausage pie. The sausage had just the right amount of spice. Not so much that the sweat shows visibly on my forehead, but enough that I needed to have some water with it.

After this glorious weekend of binge eating outside food, I was not looking forward to another week of the commons...but I forgot, today, Monday, was sushi day! Hooray, edible food for one more day. I prefer the Alaska Roll: salmon, avocado, and cucumber. I still have something to look forward to though, Friday I am making spaghetti carbonara. I'll let you know how it goes.

School Week Feb. 11-15

I suppose I can describe my entire diet this week as a healthy dose of grilled cheese sandwiches, cereal, and lots of very healthy candy i.e. snickers, twix, twizzlers. I 'm glad to know that Chartwells makes its best effort to see that our students are fed well with good brain food so they can function properly for tests and athletics. Yes, I eat oreos before I go to tennis practice because I cannot stomach the site of the lo mien with tofu.

Last Weekend's Cereal Obsession

Feb. 2-4 - This weekend I lived off of cereal. Every time I walked to the cafeteria I walked in only to find that whatever scents invaded my noise merely nauseated me instead of awakening my hunger. I find that cereal is the safest way to ebb my hunger. It is easy to prepare-simply pour and add milk- and can rarely make me ill.
However, Saturday night I did manage to go to Piper’s Kilt for dinner and deviated from cereal. I ordered a hamburger with Swiss cheese and bacon. The burger was medium rare, and the juices that seeped out kept the burger tender and flavorful. Bacon added just the right amount smoky flavor and crunch to the whole affair. Fries came on the side. They were golden and lightly salted; crunchy on the outside but not so much inside. At the end I found my appetite completely satisfied, and unlike most days I did not need to go back to my room and continue to snack on junk food for the rest of the night.

Intro to My food

Food- Appeals to all senses and satisfies the rumbling noise in the stomach, while fueling the body for work. Although a basic part of life, food can be an interesting and intricate topic if approached correctly. Food can either take a person to another level of enjoyment and ecstasy or for a limited time destroy all taste buds.
Unfortunately, while in college food can be the most depressing part of the day, outside of the piles of reading waiting at night. Everyday is a guessing game as to whether or not I will have at least one decent meal. Walking into the commons with a rumbling stomach and taste buds salivating, usually I am disappointed and my initial hunger begins to subside at the sight before me. This blog will explore my daily struggles with finding decent food, while living on a college campus and balancing a schedule of classes, work, and sports. With each entry and description I will endeavor to associate moods with my eating habit, since food tends to make or break my day.