I've never been a big eater or anything, really, but I really like the idea of making it. It's just another one of my little idiosyncrasies, along with firm grapes, fleece hats, and intermittent knitting. Like, I remember back in fifth grade when I baked bread every week with Jennifer Pai. Those were some good days. Nowadays, it's more about my parents acting as both the breadwinners and bread bakers (so they don't have to win it anymore? fail.), mostly because I "don't have time." I'm serious, I have to do CM and study extra math because I'm having mental failure and volunteer and other high school whatnot. Anyway, it has long been brought to my attention that our food systems here in the US are srsly lacking in nutrition, sustainability, and bang for the buck. Since sixth grade, really, when I had to do that research report about organic foods (information was not abound at that time and place) with the once-quiet Danny (who is possibly gay?). And in seventh grade, we did a research project on Chew on This, and in eighth, when I became lactose intolerant and my dad became pissed because now there were two people in the family who needed the extremely expensive organic lactose-intolerant milk can you say all this in one breath and sing Single Ladies? Also,  I'm reading the very interesting Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver, which is all about eating good, local food. Our family is pretty good at that already: we buy from the Farmers Market every week, we loove organic foods, and we grow a lot of our own produce in our backyard. Look at us, already halfway home and kinda cute lookin (TIMMY).

Back to cooking. My dad is the cooker in the house (however, he can't make bread as good as the Momster), and he makes dinner every day on the day. Yeah, we don't eat out much, but that's okay because this isn't Shanghai or SF or NY and there are no really good places to eat, so we aren't missing out on much. Plus, my dad can whip up so many different dishes that we can't really complain. As you can see, we really like to cook, even going as far to make our bread and pasta from scratch. According to Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, their dinnertime is where the family gets together to make their own meals and sit down together to have family bonding. Okay, I don't exactly make the food with my parents, but that's because I'm doing homework. The point is: bonding. So I was thinking, why not have bonding times not only with your parents, but with your friends, at least once a week? I'm not talking girly beauty makeover sessions or guy videogame all-nighters (though the latter is pretty awesome),  I'm talking cooking. Cooking is good! I don't think there's anything gender-specific about it-- everyone loves good food and having fun, and cooking is where both happens (unless you make a disaster, but then you get the added bonus of laughing your axe off). My idea was some kind of Friday night get-together where we pick a recipe and make it, using good, wholesome materials, then reap the benefits. It's a good skill to know, it helps form stronger bonds between friends, especially during high school, where your friends dictate about three quarters of your experience, and it's a good way to relax and hang out. Summers only, though, sorry D: . We could blog about it too, and it's a kind of cute addition to your college app, should we actually start the darn thing. But definitely no Julie and Julia-- Le Francais recipes are a bit on the cliche side, don't you think? Don't know about what book to use at the moment, but details can come later.

What do you think?

What I'm reading: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
What I'm listening to: Glee songs :DDDD