Tasty Possibilities

I was really trying to avoid blogging about cooking - yes, Julie Powell you are DEFINITELY to blame - but I just love food so much I couldn't resist. Lately I've been watching a lot of the Food Network/Travel Channel (I take after my dad), and I just love the shows like Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives; Man vs. Food; and Food Wars. All of these shows travel around the country to little restaurants, bakeries, or cafes that are famous for their food. Today I watched an episode that featured Voodoo Donuts owned and operated by two guys who started off with a little bit of money and a dream. Now their little shop is thriving and people love their donuts that have an absurd amount of combinations like Triple Chocolate Penetration: a chocolate cake donut dipped in chocolate frosting and sprinkled with Cocoa Puffs, or the Memphis Mafia: a huge glazed donut covered with chocolate chips, banana, and peanut butter. How cool would it be to come up with creative combinations like that with delicious ingredients??

I think it would be the coolest thing ever to open my own restaurant, and, after I make my millions with a few sound investments (a sound life plan if I do say so myself), I am going to open a restaurant and be perfectly content. That's the plan at least. Opening a restaurant is a ton of work (so I've heard), but the people who do it just seem so happy and take pride in who and what they serve. It would be so cool to become famous in the neighborhood as the "best this" or "best that." Because a bakery is on the top of my list, I've secretly been saving good recipes that I've come across the past few years, and I have quite the collection. So, you're hearing it here first folks, my future bakery is going to be famous. If I find out how to cook, find wealthy investors, a perfect location, and a big customer base. Shouldn't be too hard right?