Regular readers will know I have one particular food obsession that has never changed...pizza! Not the Pizza Hut variety but more the wood-fired oven variety. When I lived in London, I found the perfect pizza - after many, many attempts.
As last year drew to a close, I found myself eating too many shop-bought pizzas - always top of the range (obviously!) - but always, always, always...disappointing.
I've had several opportunities - this year - to have a supermarket pizza and I've turned them down. It just didn't feel right; I knew they wouldn't hit the spot.
I went to see Malcolm Gladwell on tour in London last autumn and visited one of my favourites (if not the favourite) pizzeria - Pulcinella in Soho. I was disappointed but put it down to other things going on in my life.
Well, tonight, I went out for pizza. Somewhere good. Somewhere with the right oven. And things looked promising, they really did.
And guess what? It was...disappointing. Again!
It was just too heavy, too doughy and actually...too rich! I can't believe I am writing this. I really can't. I can't believe my love affair with - what I thought was perfection in food form - is over. Or at least altered beyond recognition.
Admittedly, there was a lot of chat going on tonight and I now find eating out a completely different experience. Two years ago, I would have crossed continents for pizza. And, in fact, I did! I broke abstinence for a slice of pizza pie in New York City!
Anyway, I'm not going to make any rash statements about the 'p' word right now but it's got to be more than a coincidence that there has been much dis-satisfaction around rather than the opposite. Hmmmm. Because if I am not a pizza fanatic, who am I???
And that leads me to a very important post that I will publish tomorrow. I've got a guest blogger popping by with awesome (well, I think so) words that are relevant for all of us.
Hope everyone (who could) enjoyed their Bank Holiday Monday.
Until tomorrow!
I know just what you mean - the disappointment and bewilderment when a much longed for food just doesn't quite deliver on the fantasies. I usually try it again which is utterly bonkers! Perhaps your tastes have changed? Perhaps the pizza belonged to the old you? Perhaps there's a new (healthier?) favourite waiting in the wings?
love
Peridot x
Posted by: Peridot | May 05, 2009 at 09:37 AM
That is great news in my humble (non-pizza obsessed) opinion!! Have you seen how many calories there are in a pizza??!!
Well done for listening to your body. You could have persevered but you didn't. Great stuff.
Can't wait to hear from the mystery guest....the suspense....
Lesley x
Posted by: Lesley | May 05, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Oooooh, I've just thought, could your belief that you're the person who loves pizzas be one of your "gremlins"? Hence your difficulty in letting go of it.
could be...
Posted by: Lesley | May 05, 2009 at 12:35 PM
That's terrible! We should nip over to NYC and go to Grimaldi's and sort you out right away!
Posted by: shauna | May 05, 2009 at 03:39 PM