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?
If it wasn’t for my wife and her investment skills, I probably wouldn’t have gotten to where I am this quickly (or maybe at all). I have to credit her for that. I swear she has a demon in her pocket that tells her what to invest in. She’s like a machine that turns money into more money. We’ve been together for almost 38 years now, and she’s been my rock for that whole time. All my passion and hard work might have added up to nothing if she didn’t sit down next to me in the cafeteria one day and say “Hey, we should date.”. And her mom is an amazing person. Not many moms would open their home to their 14 year old daughter’s boyfriend when his mom kicked him out for dating outside his race.
We really are the sum of ourselves plus those who love us. I doubt they would have extended all that to you if you weren’t also as awesome as they are though!