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Wednesday whining (and belated monkeys). 14 January 2009 3:20 pm

Posted by Tracy in : books,fangirl,geekery,health,health at every size,Marion Nestle,meta,nutrition , trackback

Whine, whine, whine-itty whine, whine. I don’t wanna write! Wah, wah, wah. I’m editing pretty well, though, so the final installment of the guest post/interview series about food and chemotherapy is ready to go up (see here and here for the first two posts). So that’s a spot of good news.

Another bit of good-news-bad-news-good-news: I got the syllabus for the nutrition class I’m taking next term, and I’m all excited about it. Except for the part where I have to read Walter freaking Willett. As I whined on Facebook last week, I hope that man gets his face rubbed in some unhealthy skinny people right quick. Seriously, kids. How hard is it to acknowledge that healthy food and exercise are good for everyone of all shapes and sizes, irregardless of whether that precious, precious weight loss results? Apparently, “healthy stuff is healthy” is too hard to print without mentioning the hideous specter of fatness, not just for boring “diet stories sell” mainstream media but even for somebody as obviously not-completely-stupid as Willett. Sigh. Back to good news: I already own the rest of the textbooks for the class in question, one of them autographed by the author, who happens to be the instructor for the course, not that I’m freaking out fangirl-style or anything.

Let’s see, what else? I think it’s monkey time. On Monday I was going to write about how Firefox is a window to my belly, not my soul — using the recipes open in my web browser to find out what kind of food I’m craving. Today I’ve got:

  • Buckweat-Buttermilk Pancakes at Herbivoraceous

  • Seared Sardines at Beyond Salmon

    • and

  • Toffee Brittle with Chocolate and Sea Salt from Culinate

    • The pancake recipe is mostly to remind me to write up (i.e. translate) the recipe for the pancakes I made on New Year’s Day. Everything else just sounded delicious. Yum.

    Also I was going to write about my plans to see a talk by former White House chef Walter Scheib at the James Beard House today… but since I got out of that event about two hours ago I’ll try to sort my notes into an after-post instead.

    Finally, I’m happy to report that Saturday Night Live took on the Burger King “Whopper Virgins” ad campaign that had me so weirded out last week. Here’s a link to a video of their sketch about it.


    • cj

      Hmm…now you have made me curious about this Willett person. But, have no fear! I will check his book(s) out from the library instead of buying one.

      I’m curious if his take on food/diet good reflects my own. You once upon a time asked me to express my thoughts on such things, and I decided to abstain— courteously!– since I doubt you will be thrilled or delighted by them : ).

      (and SURE you want to write! You like writing. It will be fun! Honest!)

    • http://www.tracyfood.com Tracy

      Ah, Cj. I should have known you’d chime in, and if I hadn’t already purged it from my collection I would’ve unloaded my copy of Eat, Drink, and Weigh Less on you posthaste. My “diet” book will be called Eat, Drink, and Enjoy, In Defense of Eating or maybe just The NOMnivore’s Dilemma.