Letter to Julia 20131120

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

My dearest Julia and Erin, how are you feeling today?  I pray you are feeling healthy and confident.  Please forgive me for taking yesterday off.  I wanted to sleep in and eat squid all morning.  Just squid.  Baby squid is going for damn cheap at the night market, and it makes convenient sashimi, but anything else is tedious.  I don't have any wasabi, but I just bought mustard powder which I plan to mix into a thick paste.  Also, I plan to eat my Ritz crackers with sliced cheese.  Hey, squash the cheese in your hand and rub it around and it turns into a spread.  It's a lot cheaper than cream cheese, tastier too.  As I told you before, as my wives inshaAllah you are automatically professional endorsers of food products, whether you eat at a restaurant or buy groceries to eat at home.  This makes people (and the market) go bonkers over what you eat.  So please enjoy yourselves at your favorite and trusted restaurants, and experiment with cooking, and devour your favorite snacks.  Just don't overdo it.

There is certainly much attention to what we eat in Islam.  Food can bring us closer to God inshaAllah, mostly because we need to eat to live.  But the pleasure of food can sometimes give us that glimpse of perfect happiness, that all of us crave.  So eat of the good and lawful food that Allah has provided for you, but fear Allah.  Don't forget Allah!  Don't forget to say, "In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful" before your first bite.  There is no blame on you for what you ate in the past as long as you believe in Allah, guard yourselves from evil, and do good deeds.  Again, believe in Allah, guard yourselves from evil, and do good deeds.  Again, believe in Allah, guard yourselves from evil, and be righteous.