My ten favorite foods and drinks

Alexei Sorokin
3 min readAug 3, 2022

I was going to title this story “My favorite… ranked…”, but I would’ve struggled with the ranking thing.

So,

  1. Coffee. I want to note — I really don’t consider myself a coffee addict. I don’t drink coffee to stay awake or alert. In fact, if I feel like taking a nap, I can drink five cups of coffee and will still take my nap. I can drink coffee before going to bed at night and I will fall asleep. But when I wake up in the morning and brew my coffee… oh, it’s so so enjoyable. Black, no milk, no sugar, no nothing. I have 3–5 cups.
  2. Beer. I love my beer (a hazy IPA) after running! I run every day, so I have a beer every day! Kind of like my coffee. I wake up every day, and when I wake up, I want my coffee! I run every day, so I have a beer…
  3. Arugula. Pretty self-explanatory. Arugula! I fill my plate with arugula, pour olive oil, and add salt, also a bit of vinegar or balsamic glaze; sometimes a little parmesan cheese too.
  4. White wine. I’m not a fan of red wine. After a can of beer, I like a glass of chilled Chardonnay!
  5. Oats. I don’t like cooking so I go for instants Oats. With milk or more recently I’ve been switching to boiled water. Add almonds and honey.
  6. Honey, different kinds. I can eat it with a spoon to satisfy my craving for sugar and I add it to oats and greek yogurt.
  7. Oranges. The best snack ever. I always keep oranges at home and if I need a snack when traveling I get oranges —…

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Alexei Sorokin

A Russian immigrant in America, father of 4, Cambridge and Harvard Business School alum. I run and write every day. https://runningwritingliving.substack.com/