Why Twinkies, why?

How rockin is it that An Inconvenient Truth won the Oscar for Best Documentary? Wow. I'm turning so LA. At some time w/in the last 7 or 8 months I totally started caring about awards.

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Dre picked up some red velvet cake tonight at Blue Plate. SOOOO delish. But I have to wonder - would it be equally as awesome if it didn't have the red food coloring? I may just have to do a secret taste test where I make one cake w/ the red and one without, but exactly the same batter and stuff. Then I present both to my unsuspecting taster (Dre) and ask her to pick a favorite. Oh this could be gooood.

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There's some university in Michigan which annually chooses the year's Most Overused Word. I'd like to nominate COUGAR for 2007. Technically it should have qualified in 2006, so now, 2 1/2 months into the new year, it's *really* crusty. Anyway, cougar is the name given to women of a certain age "prowling" for younger guys. I've heard it no less than 40 times in the last few months across everything from commercials (TMobile) to TV shows (How I Met Your Mother). There's even a website devoted to it. Btw, I wouldn't click on that link. It might be p0rn. It looked kinda shady when I clicked. But I digress. The point is, the word is hack. It's earned its place nested alongside "fo'shizzle" and "crib" in the ranks of suburban slang which should never be uttered again. Note: Even using it ironically should be performed with some caution. It's super hard to pull off. Though I gotta say, Jessica in Cambridge could prob be a consultant on this fine skill.

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Newsweek, say it ain't so!!! I love Twinkies. I totally wish someone would come out w/ some organic, baking soda-less golden sponge cakes w/ a light and delicious creamy filling.

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I think this blog should be renamed FoodSpot. Or maybe TaterTotSpot so that at least I'm still rhyming. Anyway, I'm trying to say I should put a moratorium on writing about food for a little while. I'm accepting suggestions for new, non-food topics.