Simple Foods

Have you ever thought about simple foods?

There were things that I could not eat this week, for reasons I will not go into. But I was reduced to a diet of cold tofu, iced tea, juice, and fresh fruit.

The truth is, I love a complicated meal. Indian food with a melange of spices that I could not identify is fun. A rich pizza is satifying. I like rich deserts -- especially chocolate.

Still, there is nothing quite like the tang of a glass of chilled grapefruit juice. Or think about sitting out in the breeze in a cool day with a slice of bread and a slice of cheese. In the end, these things are the best. In part, it is because we eat them in times when we are hungry, and also when nobody has been running around trying to get things ready. Still, there is something about the directness of simple things that no amount of elaborate preparation can reproduce.