Bacon Is Good For Me

So I started French 211 today. I'm writing this hoping it will motivate me to study.

I just have to keep thinking about ordering a sophisticated French dinner in a French restaurant in French. ds;lkvnaeowfjkd. That's what my mind is thinking.

Anywayyyyyy, just wanna say that I think this blog has morphed into something new.

When I started writing this, I wanted to talk about food. I wanted to talk about restaurant, places, menus, and where you should eat and why you should eat there.

Months and meals later, I realize there is so much more to food. I realize why I am so passionate about eating dinner with my family and friends. Yes, I love the taste of a ripe tomato with fresh basil. I love the smell of coffee, and, I admit, I fantasize about bacon on a daily basis.

But there is so much more to food than the taste of it!

What's incredible about food is what it does for people and what people do for it.

There are so many untold stories behind every dish that is consumed!

I realize that what I am supposed to do is not to inform you of bacon's awesomeness, restaurants' menus, or bacon's awesomeness.

I am here to tell you the stories people just seem to forget.

Whether they are mine, a friend's, or a stranger's.

So while I will still campaign for bacon and the sorrier foods of the world (where you should eat and why you should eat there), I would like to focus on the purpose and importance of food to our society and culture.

-Bacon'sawesome

I'M ALIVE!

HOW HAVE YOU PEOPLE BEEN LIVING WITHOUT ME!!!!!!!!!!!

Like, seriously, all 6252923822309898972 million of my readers, how have you not died without reading the ramblings of my genius intellect?

It's ok. I'm back. I'm alive.

Soooooooooo let me fill you guys in.

1) I am now a college junior.

2) I still love food.

3) I went abroad twice sense my last post (Jan 2011).

4) I still have a crappy camera.

5) I can still eat more than you.

Now that we are all caught up, let's move on to discussing my trip to the U.K. My first trip, mind you.

Went to London for a week, travelled to Northumberland, stayed in Alnwick castle, played Quidditch, had tea, spent approximately,...

QUIDDITCH!!!!! DID YOU HEAR ME I SAID QUIDDITCH!!!!! WHY YES, MY SPECIAL FRIENDS, WHY YES!!!! I PLAYED QUIDDITCH AT HOGWARTS!!!!!!!!!

like, seriously, I did.

Alnwick castle is the location used in the first Harry Potter films. Like, when I watch Harry Potter now, I'm like, "I soooooooo recognize where Harry is right now, like, I was there, at Hogwarts, bitch."

Pictures to make you jealous...

Yea. I wasn't kidding.

Aaaaaaaaanyway, there was some food involved in this trip. Let's just all keep in mind that this is English food we are talking about. Also, I'm watching Law and Order SVU while writing this, so if for some reason I shout out with a random "No way!" or, "Elliot is so freaking AWESOME!!!!" I apologize in advance.

Here we have your typical English breakfast. It's good, but I'm not to wake up in the morning with a desire to eat beans. They call it "chili" but don't be fooled. We're talking legit BEANS here.

The stuff on the side? They call it "brown sauce." We asked the watier what it was, and he answered, "brown sauce."

"But dude, what is it?"

"Brown sauce."

"No like, seriously, what is it?"

"...brown sauce."

I guess I could google it, but let's be real. That would be 4 seconds of my time used to figure out what a "brown sauce" is that so I could tell you about it. I don't care about you. Go away.

I also had tea, which I have decided needs to be an everyday-American-part-of-my-life-thing.

And then, my friends, there was La Tasca. You could say, that I had a love affair with this restaurant. Trust me, I would if I could.

Confession time. This was my first experience with tapas. And I love them. Affair. Fo. Real. I also think that this picture is magazine worthy.

Well. I'm bored now. Maybe later this week I'll talk about how awesome my spring break trip to Edinburgh was. I ate Haggis. Shit just got real.

Lemon out.

(30 Rock reference)

Alright. So it's been a while. There's this called school.

Anyway, I promised to feature Munich and Salzburg. So here we go!

Munich

There is dish in this region that the people call "pancake soup" i ate a lot of it. Sooooooo good.

And isn't this an amaaaaaaaazing picture that I took? Yea. I thought so too.

Salzburg

Again, university trip means university itinerary. I hate the word itinerary. So while I wanted to go exploring the mountains surrounding our hotel in Salzburg, everybody else wanted to go on the "Sound of Music" Tour. Don't get me wrong, I mean, I'd flat out marry Julie Andrews given the chance and dance and in a gazebo with a 17 year old attractive German soldier, but I would much rather be chatting it up with a local in a pub somewhere. Yea. I'm pathetic. I know.

However, I had my best soup at a restaurant in Salzburg. Can't tell you the name, but I do have pictures...

I realize it's not the most appetizing picture of soup you've ever seen. Remember, I'm only a food photographer in my most awesome dreams.

Aaaaaaaaaand I'm anxious to get to my new pictures/destinations/awesome food. So Salzburg and Munich is a wrap. I know it's not very thorough. I also don't care what you think.

But I do have news! I'm traveling to Edinburgh in March to visit my roommate who's studying there this next semester! So I might just have to upload embarrassing pup pictures.

And did I ever say that I studied in England for a whole month this summer? I need to blog about that as well! So much to do!!!