mitsene | on food and wine

it's strange, i never really thought of myself as being a food person, but living with people who don't really care what they eat and/or don't really put much effort into meals [just one course, spaghetti and sauce, or a couple premade things whenever they feel it] makes me think i am, at least a little. almost every night i make dinner, usually at least three course meals, or something using a crock pot, rice cooker, casserole dish, fresh veggies/fish meats, etc. for example, tonight i'm making pineapple glazed [faux] chicken with pineapple salsa [with a crapton of cilantro], served with thyme/garlic yellow squash and brown+red rice.

i mean seriously who am i cooking for? me? dan sometimes, if he's home from work before 9? i think i cook just because i need a break from drawing, i'm hungry and don't feel like having a microwaved veggie burger. and i can't do anything without being creative.

anyway, i had a dream a week or so ago about being in this little tiny store somewhere on the maine/new hampshire line; i was there for work and for some reason i had to get food for dinner.. i had some weird things, the shelves were all dusty.. mostly what i remember is getting some cheese, and then trying to find a reasonably priced wine to go with it, which, of course, was terribly impossible [as it always has to be in dreams]. not to mention the store was going to be closing in a few minutes so the whole thing felt rushed.

i never found the wine, but it did make me want to stop by the spirit shoppe the other day, and get a bottle of pinot grigio. finished the bottle in two nights. got a box of wine a day or so later, a pinkish white zinfandel, it's very fruity.. but now i'm looking online for what wines to get next time and blah blah blah. i still have this urge to get a glass of wine and a nice sharp cheese with some kind of sweet nuts for some reason and just EAT THEM ALL TOGETHER. om nom.. nom. nom.

my mission now is to find a red wine that i actually like, which i did find in france but come on, every wine is good in france, christ. i'll find it someday. and it's not going to be yellowtail merlot, either, bleah...