Obviously its a necessity to feed ourselves, but im talking deeper here. What inspires you? Who are your muses? What beyond the basic need to eat keeps you excited about food?

I am endlessly inspired by Nigella Lawson and her entire ethos around cooking. “Food is both a pleasure palace and a sanctuary.” “Cooking is a balm in troubled times.” “Food has the ability to make a real difference, every single day.” So many amazing quotes of hers ring around my head when im in the kitchen.

For me, cooking is spiritual, practical, creative and scientific all at once. It gets me on my feet, off my screen, and allows me to nourish myself and those I love. It requires all of my senses and no matter how practiced a recipe is there is always an element of improvisation.

I could go on, but im much more curious…why do you cook?

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I learned how to cook out of self defense.

    Mom never cooked. Dad struggled with toast and the only reason we had ice in the house is that the recipe had been passed down for generations.

    So if I wanted to eat and didn’t want food poisoning, it was on me to take an interest.

    My grandmother taught me how to make a generations old family soup, when she passed away, I inherited her 60 year old cook-pot and recipes and built up my own kitchen around that.