Pink Food

I guess February is more appropriately the month for Pink food themes. Spring also can be a good reason for pink food. Spring has many pastel colors, pink tulips, pink died eggs and pink Salmon. But most importantly, my biggest inspiration for eating Salmon is Julia. How can one forget the day she plopped a huge salmon on her counter and proceeded to cook it up. So much more fitting, given the fact that this week a new book was released that is by Julia and her great nephew. The book chronicals Julia's time in France where she began her passion for food it is: My Life in France," by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme

I always thought it was weird that Salmon's pink color is artificial. What is the reason behind eating pink fish? Regardless, now that it is pink it is a great food for a pink themed meal. Added exccitement to a dinner of Salmon is today's discovery of a transitional fish to land animal. Scientist have found the first fish with Forward Facing Fins- indicating that fish slowly transitioned from the sea and started inhabiting land.

Today the fishmonger at whole foods pointed me in the direction of the farm raised salmon. I am broiling it with a lime ginger butter and eating with a simple parmesean cheese rissoto.

Pink is the reason for the season.