I write about some aspect of food often enough that I decided to dedicate a day to it.The only logical choice?Fridays, of course, for that great “F” alliteration. I like saying, “I host a carnival on my blog called ‘Food on Fridays’.” It’s fun!Anyway, if you write about food fairly frequently, why not make it on Fridays, too, and join me here?Food posts don’t have to be a recipe–anything remotely related to food is great: You could take a pretty picture of muffins to post, or you might read and review The Omnivore’s Dilemma or Green Eggs and Ham. Anything that mentions food–bring it on! Post it! Link it!. Use Mr. Linky and/or the comments to link-in, and I’ll go back in later and post links the old-fashioned way right here in the text to ensure maximum search-engine-exposure.
Food on Fridays Participants
1. Sara/shepherdsgrace at Beauty in the Mundane (Homemade Convenience Food!)2. Edie at LifeInGrace (Beef Enchiladas with step-by-step instructions!)3. Ann Kroeker and her Nutella obsession, as demonstrated by manic linkage (see below)4. Tammy at This Pilgrimage (Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies)Ann’s Food on Fridays contribution:I love Nutella.
My family knows it, so I was given Nutella for Christmas.My friends know it, so I was given two giant jars for my birthday.My blog-readers know it, because I have a category dedicated to Nutella, which I created after publishing this post back in January 2007.Nutella is European–Italian, to be precise.You can visit the Nutella USA site for additional info. For example:
- Did you know that Nutella, which is sold in the peanut-butter aisle in America, is marketed in over 75 countries and outsells all brands of peanut butter worldwide?
- The creator invented Nutella in the 1940s when cocoa was rationed during the war. He added hazelnuts, which were plentiful in Italy, to extend the chocolate supply.
- And their recommended usage is to spread it on various bread products. They’ve photographed and published examples on this page (be still my heart!).
Facebook users? Apparently there are numerous Nutella fan groups you can join.Our Top Personal Nutella Applications:
- Spread on fresh French bread
- Dip fruit into it
- Spread in crepes
- Spread in crepes with bits of banana cut up with it
But the most impressive Nutella news of all? World Nutella Day is coming up on February 5, 2009 !Seriously! They have a button and everything:
So, what about you? Write about food and tell me all about it–right now, for Food on Fridays!And if you love Nutella, write about it, publish your post on February 5, and tell the lovely ladies hosting World Nutella Day so they can include your wonderful Nutella thoughts. While you’re waiting, why not experiment with Nutella? Check out these fabulous Nutella ideas from people around the world:Nutella 2007, pt. 1Nutella 2007, pt. 2Nutella 2008, pt. 1Nutella 2008, pt. 2If you’re not into food and you’ve tired of my Nutella-talk, you can check out some of the other Friday Carnivals that I’m aware of:
Julia at Hooked on Houses is hosting Hooked on FridaysAnne Glamore at My Tiny Kingdom is hosting Flashback FridaysThe Inspired Room is hosting A Beautiful LifeAmber at the run-a-muck is hosting Friday Funnies
Or lipgloss application?
Even a women’s hair dryer, for that matter?
Why the inexplicable comfort level with–even attraction to–an old barber shop chair?As you can see, I began to feel a little self-conscious about my choice.Then last night memories drifted through dreams, and I awoke this morning remembering that when I was a little girl, my mom would send me off with my dad to Buck the Barber’s.I vaguely recall Buck as an old and fairly frail, slender man. His one chair, as antique in style as yesterday’s example, was mounted in the center of a wood-paneled room. Some mirrors hung on one side of the room; I think an old calendar dangled from a thumbtack on the wall, and there may have been a gumball machine by the door.Dad always got in the chair first, and the old barber would trim Dad’s thin hair and sideburns, and clip his beard or mustache when he had one. After Buck brushed away the stray hairs, it was my turn.Buck grabbed a couple of telephone books to prop me up.Then he’d drape the cape around me and set to work lining up my bangs as best he could.My mom’s theory was that he didn’t feel like he had much to do when trimming my bangs, so he’d always comb forward a few extra hairs so that he was actually clipping something.Visit after visit, my bangs crept farther and farther back–instead of a wispy fringe framing my face, those bangs eventually sprouted from the crown of my head.I think I’m modeling a Buck the Barber ‘do in this photo I scanned for your amusement:
Now you know. During my formative years, that little girl you see nervously fidgeting in the photo above regularly climbed into a barber chair like the one below for a trim.
After returning to the barber shop chair of my youth, I find myself strangely warming to the idea of bangs.And…I love the chair.
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