Your food soundtrack

Every food deserves its own soundtrack. I once knew a guy who said you can tell how good a food is from the sound it makes when you chew it. I suspect he was on some meds. All Bjork-esque theories aside, eating food is a sensory experience where your ears are largely excluded, UNTIL NOW.

Today's edition: Hot Cereal. Oatmeal, cream of wheat, grits, Cocoa Wheats-- these be your jams; mellow, hot, sticky and viscous.

Smoke & Mirrors – RJD2
Tipitina – Professor Longhair
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
Within You Without You – The Beatles

Yeah, that's only 4 songs. But how long does it take you to eat a bowl of cereal anyway?

We are now accepting nominations for the next food to be soundtrack'd at thisisafoodblog@gmail.com.

Bacon is the new black

What do cocoa and Babe have in common? You can eat them both in one delicious candy bar. That’s right, chocolate with bacon in it. I can’t make this up.

Recently an angel flew down from heaven and said unto me, “Ye shall eat of the pleasure that is this sweet-savory-someone-put-breakfast-in-my-candy delight.” And let me tell you, it’s so wrong it’s right. (I'm sorry, that rhyme is creepy.)

Think about it— what can’t bacon make better? I can think of nothing except maybe...Veggie burgers? No, still better with bacon. The constitution? No, still better with bacon. Underwear? No, still better with bacon. Iraq? No, still better with bacon. I give up. Ok, maybe the weight-bearing walls of a structural design.

But while our chocolate is allying with our salty breakfast meat, where else can this bacon trend go?

-Bacon Martini

-Bacon cookies
-Bacon first aid

Breaking breakfast

If you've ever seen the pilot of Arrested Development or had a mom, you may agree that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" is a ubiquitous ideal.

If you are literate, you may have encountered one of what seems like dozens of scientific studies proving that, hey, b-fast does a lotta good for our brains and our hot asses. Indeed, there are plenty of physiological (and taste buddal!) reasons to leggo my eggo and eat it.

We get it. Eating in the morning is good for us.

So why am I still reading about VERY IMPORTANT studies emphasizing this established concept?

On Tuesday, a New York Times' health blogger posted information about a study among more than 2,000 pimply adolescents in Minnesota. Results: the fatties didn't eat breakfast. NOT BREAKING NEWS!!!!

In April's Good Housekeeping mag (FU, my mom subscribes. FU, yes I live at home still. FU, it's free for me. FU, yes I feel defensive about it.) one of the SUPER helpful tips to "supercharge your metabolism" is, whaddya know, a "hearty breakfast." NOT CRAZY FRESH REPORTING!!!!

So media criticism aside, we freagin know not to delay our seven bowls of Cocoa Puffs for after dinner. And -- hey scientists, how about focusing your magical brains on something else now? AIDS cure? Soap that smells like cole slaw?