not enough meals in the day

i know most of us feel like there just aren't enough hours in the day to get everything we need to, we want to get done done. we all wonder where the time goes. and we all wonder what in the hell we did with the time that passed. yes, this indeed is a problem i face often . . . but lately, i've been facing another problem.  it's not there isn't enough time in the day . . . it's that there aren't enough meals in the day for me to cook everything that i've been wanting to cook. i keep a food journal. when my culinary musings happen upon a new recipe idea; my grocery lists for the past two years; a new restaurant that i want to try; a food term that i need to look up - all this gets written into the journal. a couple weeks ago, i sat down and started from page one and went through everything i've catalogued in that little book. going through my weekly grocery lists, i found a whole treasure trove of menus, dishes i've made in the past and now cannot wait to make again . . . and then there are the recipe ideas i jotted down that i still have not had a chance to test in my kitchen . . . and all the restaurants i meant to try at some point . . . and the experimentation i want to do with all the ingredients or cooking methods i had never heard of before . . . and then on top of all this, my cookbook collection keeps growing, my cooking magazines keep piling higher and higher . . . well, now you understand my dilemma? there just are not enough meals in the day for me to revisit the old favorites, attempt the new and get to all those restaurants. perhaps this is a dilemma faced by all food-lovers, of all chefs, professional and home but i must say, it's a damn good dilemma to be in.

i have not been on a plane in two weeks and that is a good feeling. i am hoping to stay local over the next few months, get back into the kitchen and address this problem best i can. i have a lot of food projects on my list. i hope to get to some of those old favorites, go through all the new cookbooks i've received over the past year, shed my title as a delinquent and absent blogger and expand "the petite pig" enterprise in general. if any of you out there have ideas on the direction of "the petite pig," shoot me an email. i'd love to hear your thoughts. it's a lot to take on, combating both this time and meals problem but i'll keep you posted on how i do. after all, the food network is long behind me and it's time to find the next food challenge. hot-dog eating contest anyone?

Comments

[brent]

hooray! i'm happy to see more posting! i'm also hungry. thanks to your photography. all i have to eat right now is a grapefruit. it's a start i guess. keep it up!