Food for thought

I received an email today from my favourite newspaper, The New York Times, with this list:

Top 10 Viewed Features of 2009

1. From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch
2. Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog.
3. It's a Fork, It's a Spoon, It's a ... Weapon?
4. When the Icing on the Cake Spells Disaster
5. Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit!
6. Really? Never Blow Your Nose When You Have a Cold
7. The Unfortunate Location
8. What Do Women Want?
9. How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?
10. The 11 Best Foods You Aren't Eating

I was impressed that three of the top four features from the past year- and four of the top ten- related to food (and item number 3 was related to cutlery!). It's comforting to know that with so much else to think about- technology, terrorism, the Obamas, the uglier side of life- "we" (as in, a lot of people) are all still interested in what we eat.

I always like The New York Times and, unsurprisingly, these articles were especially good reads. My favourite was number 4, the story of Cake Wrecks, cake decorating gone wrong. I was going to pick out a few examples to link to here, but there are just too many to list. Enjoy!