All right. Thinking about the weekend. Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco. Lydia and I are going to make our Katamari costumes. Laundry list of things still needed for the costumes: large bowls for the sides of the heads, or, barring that, plenty of newspaper for papier-mache; red trim needed for Kuro’s head; red and purple slippers.

I need a recipe that involves red lentils and button mushrooms and is served with rice. Any ideas?

Oh yeah, and the new food pyramid? LAME.