JL;DR SUMMARY Food columnist Leah Koenig reflects on making food resolutions for the new year, focusing on being more adventurous in the kitchen, baking bread, donating to food-related charities, stepping out of her comfort zone at gatherings, learning about the U.S. Farm Bill, balancing her sweet tooth with exercise, and cooking more adventurously by exploring new ingredients and recipes. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.