Weighing in (on food)

The pathetically compelling photo of the late Anna Nicole Smith's refrigerator led a number of newsrooms to give their audiences a peek into various network kitchens. (The demands of a 24/7 schedule frequently lead to folly.) I had been noticing a decline in NCPR's collective refrigerator lately. Where's the peanut butter? Is milk supposed to be a solid? Slim pickings. But bring on a foot or so of snow and everything changes. Today Saint Kelly brought in enough venison stew to make all the carnivores sigh, and Saint June brought in her moveable birthday feast of chocolate fondue. Strong work! as my daughter says.

Our Ice Age instincts kick in when winter wallops, and we want mammoth--the whole mammoth. Snowed into the cave, nothing much to do--might as well eat some more just to keep up morale. And when you can't eat another bite, you can still talk recipes. What do you hanker for when there's nothing out the window but snow? Send in your favorite winter comfort food recipes and we'll put together a little page of big food for next week. Write dale@ncpr.org