Here’s an annoying food trend

Yes, I know that there’s plenty more to be annoyed about, but what’s up with election-related food products?

• Example 1
• Example 2
• Example 3

Have we become so apathetic and cynical that we need to have food tie-ins in order to get our collective fat asses interested in voting? Really? That’s just sad.

UPDATE 10/17/08: I was looking on Amazon for laughs, the Obama blend K-cups are sold out, the McCain blend is half-price.

First you sow the seed…

I made pumpkin soup with red lentils for dinner, and lentils always make me think of Neil from The Young Ones:

Pumpkin lentil soup:

• Spices to your own taste:
  • curry powder
  • anise seed (optional)
  • cumin seed
  • ground or fresh ginger
• 3 TBP olive oil
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 can pumpkin (not the pie filling)
• 2/3 cup red lentils
• 2 cups veg broth
• 1/2 cup coconut milk

Toast the spices in an empty pot, at low heat, until they just start to smoke. Then add oil, then onion and celery, and cook until onions turn transparent. Then add broth, red lentils, and pumpkin. Mix together and simmer for about 40 minutes or until lentils are tender. You may need to add small amounts of water while soup is cooking. Put finished soup into a blender and puree. When serving, pour coconut milk on top.

Gimme back my Osteria!

The Osteria is my and my future husband’s favorite restaurant located in the fancy-pants Whole Foods by our house. All Italian goodness, and a dinner bill under 20$ for two most of the time.

But since the beginning of the year, in the space where the Osteria once stood proudly, Discovery Networks have taken over the space. They have been filming a new cooking show for their Planet Green network w/Emeril hosting. For five frikkin months. Does it really take that long to film a show? I don’t care if a cooking “celebrity” is roaming around my local grocery store, dammit I want my restaurant back!

Anything “green” in major media and now I get suspicious. Why? I was looking up info about an exhibit @National Geographic headquarters in DC and what do I see on the front page of nationalgeographic.com? A banner ad for Hummer! Don’t believe me? Here’s a screenshot. Like Bob Marley said, oba-oba-serving the hi-po-crites.