Highlights for January 10-16:

Things That Fascinate Me

1. Why Paula Deen has deep fried so many random things.  7 Things Paula Deen Fried, from Food Network Humor.
2. People who run marathons.  Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s awesome.  I just can’t fathom doing it.  Several bloggers ran the Disney Marathon last weekend–Great job Rachel, Meaghann, Kelly, and Caitlin!
3. Ketchup.  I don’t understand why people feel the need to put it on everything they eat.  I never use it as a condiment and only in extremely rare cases as an ingredient.  A Hamburger Today has a piece on The Case Against Ketchup.  “A burger worth eating is worth eating plain.”  Agreed.
4. The ingredients they put in “fast” food.  As though I needed more reasons to not eat it, Change.org has a list of the 10 most common ingredients in fast food.
5. The amazing way in which bloggers are using their blogs to aid relief efforts in Haiti:

The Pioneer Woman did a great giveaway

Chow.com has listed a few ways you can give.

Endless Simmer’s got a list of organizations that are providing food relief in Haiti.

CakeWrecks posted links to Doctors without Borders and a site that tells you which charities you can trust.

Serious Eats and Epicurious also linked to organizations providing aid.

MixMyGranola is giving $5 for each purchase of their pre-mixed cereal to Haiti relief efforts.

Clearly, we all are much more fortunate than those in Haiti, especially now.  Pick an organization and give something–every little bit helps.

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