Celebrating the Toast

It is the simple pleasures that make life worth living. Since I was a child, I have been delighted with seeing the two (or four) slices mystically pop up when ready, gladly willing to sacrifice themselves to relieve my morning hunger. The versatility is breathtaking, from the dry wheat toast Aunt Retti was eating as part of the macrobiotic diet she was on trying to survive cancer, to my beloved cinnamon toast, to the decadent toast with crema and exotic jellies I sampled on my honeymoon in Cabo,  it is enjoyed so many ways in so many places. On the right occasion, we might even offer a toast to toast.