There's a famous song from 1929 with the lyric:

You’re the cream in my coffee,

You’re the salt in my stew;

You will always be my necessity--

I’d be lost without you

The idea was that coffee wasn't coffee without the cream. Well, I'm

not a coffee drinker, but I do believe I would be lost without cream.

It's lusciousness when whipped, it's lightness with fruit, the truly

amazing way it turns to butter when shaken, the utterly delicious-

ness as it enhances hot chocolate. Mmmmm!

I guess cream has been given a bad rap--many banishing it as

forbidden and terribly unhealthy. Without cream, though,

we wouldn't have sour cream, butter, or that goddess of

refreshment--ice cream. Those who would deny her delights, may.

I, however, will add a tablespoon or four to my warm sweetened

almond milk and enjoy. To me it is one of life's truly sweet

pleasures.