A Foodie Manifesto and Resolution

Food doesn’t have to be predictable to be wonderful.  And food doesn’t have to be eaten in the Taj Mahal to be memorable.  Don’t judge food as great because you waited in line to have you name added to a list, the customers are all dressed well, or several expensive SUVs or sports cars are parked close by.

Source every ounce of food you eat at home and in restaurants.  If the proprietor can’t or won’t tell you where he gets his ingredients don’t trust him and move on to the places that will.  Fresh food without chemicals or warehouse time and distance should be a prerequisite for anything you put in your mouth, regardless the end taste.

Surprise yourself and a small restaurant owner by stopping by that tiny place you keep meaning to check out.  Remember, both the Olive Gardens and Cheesecake Factories of the world and Walmart are systmatically destroying small business owners in their categories, but only Walmart is actually putting money and value back into their customers’ hands.  That’s not the giant food conglomerates’ faults: it’s ours.