Pezrealian

Boredom is rage spread thin. Is a person who's so unchallenged in life harboring a thin coat of rage beneath his persona? Do I harbor rage inside of me? I do feel very unchallenged in what I do. Once a colleague bluntly said one day aftering talk work, "your not challanged, you need to move on." Another time while in college a lady instructor said, in front of the entire class, "Your in the wrong profession chris." At times I think I'm missing out on what's out there. Somebodies doing my job and having a blast doing it. Sooner or later it's gonna be too late to make my saucy move. Anxiety wells up like a boiling kettle set atop a burner and I can't immediately fix it so in retrospect I guess it is rage. Rage born from boredom.

Here's what I'm reading. I got caught up reading The Modern History Project which had myriads of links and references one of which landed me on Amana. Amana is communal colony in Iowa dated from 1855 to now 2009. Amana is also the brand of appliances known for their quality and for the appliance maker right here in the U.S. The Amana colonies are also known for their integrity to the colonial way of life. Not quite the Amish but still purveyors of the less is better lifestyle.

Over time I've also come across several websites of people with the talent to create art. The three links below are sites of people who've-apart from the food network telling us what is art and good-have tried their own ways to capture an audience. Oh the food network. In my opinion it was once a good thing but got ahead of itself and just saturated the once non-existing market with more stuff, stuff & more stuff. Anyone remember Great Chefs on PBS? The concept of cooking on TV started around Julie Child cooking in a studio kitchen then Great Chefs air's a cooking show in the chefs' kitchen away from the studio. Brilliant! I remember watching Great Chefs every day after school sometimes drifting asleep to the drum of convection ovens and classy jazz music. The chefs didn't have to talk non-stop about the history of their grandmothers secret recipes or need image gimmicks like blonde spiked hair, in fact they barely spoke at all.

Today there are many many people who have taken this idea and turned it into something of their own. I can site a few but not all. Here are a few:

Mark Bittman-Not even a chef he says. He's an avid home cook who made his career from cooking in his tiny Manhattan kitchen. Where's the Wolf Stove? Not even a GE stainless steel microwave oven? More with less.

Kimberly Belle-Food Maven of New York City. Started a boutique catering co. The Dinner Belle. Brilliant idea. An even more brilliant idea is the blog chronicling the lives of Belle and her friends running the business

Smitten Kitchen-A food blog from a wife/husband duo cooked up from another tiny New York kitchen. Great photography & recipes for the rest of us without a Culinary equivalent of a Ph.D.