I have shed blood in the performance of my Food for Thought duties. After foolishly attempting to use a mandoline cutter without its safety pusher, I whacked a quarter-inch divot from my finger. And this right after I'd mopped the Food for Thought test kitchen floor. As I told food commentator Nancy Leson, "It looked like there'd been a sword fight in there." Ironically, this carnage happened in pursuit of vegetarian lasagna.