Drew Lazor's 2009 food New Year's resolutions

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Drew Lazor's 2009 food New Year's resolutions

POSTED: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 7:36 PM

Filed Under: Drew Lazor's Ill-Advised Rant Factory

These are just a few of the food- and drink-related target goals I've set for myself in 2009.

- Stop eating so much goddamn red meat. Eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. Local is best.

- Drink more water. Drink less soda.

- Stop over-ordering at bars and restaurants just because you are drunk and can't decide between six different things.

- Buy a deep fryer.

- Stop yourself from buying a deep fryer.

- Buy one or two badass chef's knives. Get one of those magnetic knife strip things to store them on. Perfect act of tossing knife onto magnetic strip from afar so you look cool in front of people.

- Stop eating so many Stouffer's microwavable chicken pot pies. But they're soooo good!

- Start figuring out — for real — which wines you like and don't like so you don't just keep blindly picking stuff off wine lists because the name sounds cool.

- Start awesome bourbon collection. Key to starting awesome bourbon collection: Stop drinking entire bottles of bourbon the same day you buy them.

What about you — have any eating-related resolutions you'd like to share? Let us know in the comments!

phillygrrl

Posted 2008-12-31 18:53:57

Re: healthy goals, You and me both, Drew. It's so hard to be healthy. That is quite the interesting list. Skip Buddakan. So overrated. Under the Oak Cafe is not. I go there almost every week. Visiting it in 2009 is definitely a must. Try the soups. Yummy. Have a great '09, hope you fulfill all those resolutions.

Alexandra Harcharek

Posted 2009-01-05 18:11:17

Great list. I especially like the bourbon idea. Definitely go to Honey's Sit-N-Eat! This year I'm vowing to go out to eat more often (despite my bare bones budget), drink more wine, figure out how to grow an herb garden in my apartment, drink more wine, and actually spend time socializing with the other Philly food bloggers/writers.

Paul

Posted 2009-01-06 11:12:29

I want to join you on the bourbon hunt. I've had Blanton's recently and it is fantastic. The Small Batch Bourbon's are excellente too (Baker's especially.) I also want to go to Kanella pretty hardcore. Date?

Drew Lazor

Posted 2009-01-06 12:47:40

phillygrrl: It's funny you say Buddakan is overrated. Another person I know tells me it is the best dining experience he's ever had. I definitely have to man up and go now. Same with UtOC. Alex: I love how your resolution is to eat out more often. Another one that I didn't include in my post because I thought it was too whiny and obvious was to stop eating out 6,000 times a week. Haha. Paul: I will Kanella man-date the crap outta you.

kitchenplay

Posted 2009-01-06 14:24:07

I've heard mixed things about Buddakan, but love love Morimoto... some of the best sushi I've had in the city, though I wasn't as impressed with the American/Japanese fusion dishes. I posted my new year's food-to-do list on my blog: http://kitchenplay.blogspot.com/. It's mostly concerned with preserved food and candy thermometers, plus a Bittman shout-out. Check it out.

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