Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling. – Dave Barry I trust you all survived Thursday and the second leg of the Eater’s Triple Crown. Yes, just as horse racing gives us the Derby-Preakness-Belmont in late spring, late fall provides Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas to make sure we all have enough fat to get through the winter ahead. This is as nature planned it, so don’t worry about it. I know things have certainly worked out for me, since I figured out this natural order of things. read more