Man, I’ve really neglected this blog. I’ve been so busy eating copious amounts of delicious home-cooked foods and frantically trying to burn off the extra calories at the gym that I’ve found little appetite for blogging.
My father, who is training to be a chef in France and is here on a brief holiday, has been delighting my mother and I with his cooking for the past week or so. It is so wickedly impossible to be on any kind of diet given the circumstances. As a French expatriate, I must admit I still haven’t quite taken to American garbage cuisine - food drenched in fat, thick with goop, and so-called desserts buried under mountains of cinnamon, not to mention sugar. How could I say no to succulent meticulously-prepared main dishes, delicate authentic French apple tarts, dainty langues de chats, and light, barely-there genoise cakes? Refinement and delicacy are two things American cuisine lacks, two things which I miss above all since I moved West fourteen years ago.
Oh I’ve had quite the delectable holiday season this year. My father gets to practices his skills in my (American) kitchen. And my mom and I get to eat like queens (having a personal chef kicks ass). Everybody wins. (Of course, my grocery bills aren’t quite what I’d call wallet friendly, but I’ll worry about it next month when the credit card bill comes.)
To make sure any unsightly weight gain doesn’t spoil the yummy experience, I add extra time to my cardio session every day. Running/jogging has proved to be THE top way to burn calories the fastest, and it has become my weapon of choice when battling the extra jiggle that’s been starting to settle in my lower belly as a result of my new indulgences.
But as soon as my father leaves on January 7, it’ll be back to the old diet. There’ll be no more decadent desserts or gourmet sauces. No-frills meals it shall once again be. Discipline shall be restored.
For now, however, I am thoroughly relishing the heavenly pleasures of good food.
On the menu tomorrow: boeuf bourguignon and pear/apricot tart. My mouth is already watering…
Indulging in Good Food December 29, 2007
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