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Let's not go into those resolutions that everyone and their entire extended families have on their lists. Oh, alright, I'll list just a few to test myself out: lose those last x pounds, spend more time with my kids/wife/husband/dog but spend less time on the Internet, watch less tv but watch more my spending, read more books, etc.
Those are on my list, too, but in addition, I have a few that are specific to food, along with some actionable steps:
1. Drink water. I don't drink very much water because I like to taste something. I drink way too much coffee, tea, and diet sodas, so replacing at least one of my two to three cups of coffee each morning will also take care of the "Cut down on the coffee" resolution that didn't quite make this short-list.
2. Eat a little more local. Eating local was very trendy last year, but I do hope it becomes a lasting change that I too will incorporate into my lifestyle. I did well over the summer by spending quite a bit of time in local southern California farmers' markets, but that fizzled when market locations and schedules were far less convenient than the open-24-hours chain grocery on my way home from work. I hope to make it to the local farmers' market at least twice a month this year.
3. Cook at home at least twice as much as I did last year. Twice as much cooking-at-home, however, would still be less than half as much as going-out-to-eat. But with more visits to the farmers' markets for fresh produce, hopefully I'll be able to have dinner at home twice a week, every week.
4. Master the techniques and tastes of my own Korean cuisine. Especially since I am convinced that 2006 will be the year that Korean food will be the "it" cuisine. Yeah, yeah yeah, so it made its debut several years ago, and it was on the up and up last year, but this is the year that folks in Iowa will say, "Hon, you know, I'm craving bibimbahp."
5. Read more food books. As opposed to flipping through cookbooks and magazines just looking at the pictures. I have yet to finish the final chapters of Tony Bourdain's A Cook's Tour, Ruth Reichl's Garlic and Sapphires, and just got one for Christmas, The Devil's Picnic (which is more about travel than food). There are at least ten more food books I want to read, as well.
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1-01-2006 @1:51PM an avid reader said... There doesn't seem to be a way to contact Slashfood... your website has lost a good feature. It used to be that if you clicked on a link and then came back, your site remembered where you were in the page and put you there. Now it takes you back to the top. Please fix.
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1-02-2006 @1:54AM George said... It's probably been said before, but to your first resolution for drinking more water: I've found that having a relatively large container with water around (say, a Nalgene or a large thermos) will give you some feedback as to how much water you're drinking. Seems to work well for folks around the office - they target drinking 1 or 2 of those a day and can measure their progress against the container in question.
Also, have you tried enough non-flavored variants of water, such as filtered water, mineral water, and the like? There's often a good bit of variation between brands of mineral water, so it may be worth trying a few before writing it off completely.
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1-11-2006 @1:21PM Joi said... Ah, a kindred spirit. I know I should drink more water, but I didn't even bother with making it a resolution this year.
I set myself up for success by resolving to Drink more coffee and Diet Dr. Pepper.
Feels good to nail a few resolutions this year!
-Joi
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1-19-2006 @8:23PM yelena said... first i wanna second that first comment about slashfood remembering where u were on the page. second the resolution to drink more water...what bottled water is available in your area. here in new york we have poland spring water, which i love and drink often. but for two years while i lived in florida where poland spring was not available (only zephyr hills, blechh :P) i didn't drink nearly as much water. all bottled waters taste slightly different depending on the source of the bottling or whether it bis spring water or filtered tap water. taste a few, you might just find one you like. or , as george said, try mineral water, the mineral contents vary giving them all a slightly different flavor. and good luck sticking to your resolutions!
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