for those of you who don't know, friday is my birthday.
this morning, i awoke and had one thing on my mind. what i'll be eating for dinner that magical night on which i will turn twenty-five.

a few weeks ago i told fellow authors, matt and sarah, that all i really wanted was to go to wylie dufresne's ever popular and always chic, wd-50. now, i don't know if this is actually happening. i have been told that we have an early reservation on friday (at 6pm! can you say, late lunch?). wd-50, thanks to top chef, is probably almost passe at this point. but i really don't care. after at least three seasons of watching chefs cook with "molecular gastronomy" techniques, i HAVE to try it. trust that if i do, you'll all here about it.


also, i'm finally reading the omnivore's dilemma. i love corn, but come on. i don't want to BE corn. this also led to an anthro-cuisine based discussion with matt about how the maya were people of the corn vs europeans being people of the wheat. how does what we eat actually inform our subconscious? is corn making us american's more violent, more "blood-thirsty" and more culturally self centered? i know we eat a lot of wheat as well, but ain't nobody in europe eating this much corn. just saying . . . one to think about.

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