I finished reading Becoming A Chef a few days ago -- it was recommended by the Director of Admissions at the French Culinary Institute. Being generally fascinated with food, it was a fairly good read. It made the point, several times over, that to be a good cook one must constantly learn and taste and examine new gustatory experiences. In light of that, eating my lunch at McDonalds seems like a pretty morally bankrupt thing to do -- but the siren call of the double quarter-pounder with cheese is a hard thing to resist.
I find myself with little to do at work today. This is due mostly to computer malfunction -- that, and the fact that the people who are supposed to fix my machine have been called into a meeting on what to do when someone's computer malfunctions.