One of my greatest pleasures in the whole wide world is cooking for my family. I may not be the best or the most innovative, but I love to experiment and tweak, and I know for a fact that my secret ingredient has the potential to boost any meal into a feast.
And this would be?
Love. As I prepare my food, I think of my husband and my children and what a privelege it is to be able to provide something that will nourish their bellies and their souls. I really take the time to awaken my senses to all the ingredients have to offer, and honor each item as it is popped into the mixing bowl.
I used to think that all this was a bunch of hooey, but then I cooked the same dish the same way I've always cooked it, but in an angry frame of mind.
It was unpalatable.
Stranger things, people. Stranger things.
Today's TT comes as a result of my mad eavesdropping skills.
While making dinner and listening in on a conversation of one of my sons and his friends, I heard them referring to a 'kinda weird' movie that they were watching in English class. One they started filling in some details, I realized that they were talking about a visually amazing movie based on a food-related book (the diet's going great, thanks for asking)(except for the non-stop fantasizing about mac & cheese and milkshakes...) , Laura Esquivel's "Like Water for Chocolate".
As suggested in the post title, take a moment this Thursday and think.
What is your candle? What is your oxygen?
And this would be?
Love. As I prepare my food, I think of my husband and my children and what a privelege it is to be able to provide something that will nourish their bellies and their souls. I really take the time to awaken my senses to all the ingredients have to offer, and honor each item as it is popped into the mixing bowl.
I used to think that all this was a bunch of hooey, but then I cooked the same dish the same way I've always cooked it, but in an angry frame of mind.
It was unpalatable.
Stranger things, people. Stranger things.
Today's TT comes as a result of my mad eavesdropping skills.
While making dinner and listening in on a conversation of one of my sons and his friends, I heard them referring to a 'kinda weird' movie that they were watching in English class. One they started filling in some details, I realized that they were talking about a visually amazing movie based on a food-related book (the diet's going great, thanks for asking)(except for the non-stop fantasizing about mac & cheese and milkshakes...) , Laura Esquivel's "Like Water for Chocolate".
As suggested in the post title, take a moment this Thursday and think.
What is your candle? What is your oxygen?
“...[E]ach of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; just as in the experiment, we need oxygen and a candle to help. In this case, the oxygen, for example, would come from the breath of the person you love; the candle could be any kind of food, music, caress, word, or sound that engenders the explosion that lights one of the matches.”
Here's to a day of seeking out the catalyst - and the subsequent flame that ignites within you.
Here's to a day of seeking out the catalyst - and the subsequent flame that ignites within you.
