Coffee Musings - 081207

I'm finally reading a book Cooking for Mr. Latte. I've been looking at it for a few years, and I was so inspired to read food books after I saw the movie, No Reservations that I snatched it up from Kramerbooks.

I realized I don't want to be a foodie as is commonly known, and how I have been. I don't want to be snobby about food in front of people. I would like to go the path of those who see food as another communication with God or their own brand of higher power, spirit world, otherness etc. In this way the discussion of food is laced with humility, and, yet, the joy of exploration is not diminished.

I do my best to buy organic produce, and the chocolate I use is good quality, but expensive. In fact, when I buy food I don't usually go for the cheapest. This has been the case for many years because I buy organic. Organic is better for the earth, but it is a financial luxury. In whatever financial circumstances I am in, I can afford myself this luxury. At least I tell myself that :) I used to afford myself the luxury of lattes over cups of coffee. I still do.

The best time, the best eating experience I've had, and hope to have again is a latte, and a piece of the flourless chocolate cake with sauce, and real whipped cream from Macrina Bakery in Seattle. I was always alone so there was no one I could boast to about my good taste, and my wonderful selection of eating establishments. I would just sit there and look out the window as the day whispered away.