i ♥ chefs

I've been thinking all day about dinner at Le Bec Fin. It's restaurant week in Philly which means you can get a three course dinner for $35 at participating restaurants, and I've only had a bagel and pb&j sandwich in anticipation of tonight's dinner. I don't know about you, but going out to eat is one of my favorite things to do. It's a hobby, really. When Ray and I got married, we wanted to take a closer look at our monthly expenses, and 75% of mine went towards food, once the bills were paid. He was shocked. After all, I was a woman, wasn't I? Shouldn't I be spending gobs of cash on high-end accessories and appearance upkeep? But who needs Jimmy Choos when you can have frutti di mare? And who needs a $200 color and cut when you can feast on omakase at Morimoto's? My friends argue that spending a lot of money on food leaves you with nothing to show for it, but it's really the experience that matters. I could care less that it's a Thursday and I'm wearing the same skirt I wore on Monday when I'm reminiscing about the pot de creme that capped off dinner the night before.

I ♥ chefs.

But as much as I love going to restaurants, cooking stresses me out. Every now and then I'll get the urge to buy a cookbook, try a new recipe or even do some online research about Dutch ovens (I've been fascinated by Dutch oven cooking for awhile now). But I generally end up exhausted. Cooking is not for the weak. There are no guarantees with cooking, and there's a good chance that the many hours you spent shopping, prepping and toiling in the kitchen will be in vain. Because cooking often stresses me out, I don't cook anything complicated during the work week. New dishes are reserved for weekends only, where I can leave dishes in the sink and ingredients on the counter without a guilty conscience. When I don't feel like cooking at all, I turn to MainLineDelivery.com.

Main Line Delivery is a local delivery service that charges you a flat fee for picking up food at area restaurants when you're too lazy to go out, or alternatively, look too bad to go out. The year we moved to the Main Line, Ray and I spent countless hours picking up food at area restaurants while we were undergoing renovations unaware of the existence of MainLineDelivery.com. If only we had known! Every time we order from them, the food comes hot and quick, and I'm thankful that I'm not having cereal for dinner.

http://www.mainlinedelivery.com/