Someone is Richard Gere in the movie 'august in new york' and the quote is the most beautiful thing i have heard about food.
Food is one of the things that i love about being a human. Really, i think, being able to eat all this FANTASTIC food makes all the trouble being a human, worth it. We could have gotten on well (better than we think) on just what nature provides; its not even rational in the strictest sense - but we did it.
We created an art out of a basic need.
"You have not discovered other joys of human life", you might say - and though that might just be the truth, no one can deny the absolute, fleeting happiness that good food gives.
Whether its hot (rather, garma-garam) pav bhaji or creamy, crunchy spinach and corn quiche or just a simple salad decorated with spices and herbs that beckon admirers from miles away
- food breathes in so much melody, passion, drama into our life. Without most of us actually realizing it.
('tis funny how most of us don't realize the extreme, intoxicating beauty of so many things around us; try thinking about electricity for a while - Well, that's another post altogether)
Its not just a daily activity, food. Its a kind of miracle that happens everyday - everything just fits. The sugar, the flour, the water, the heat - all get along superbly, everyday to make the wonder we call bread.
(okay, i'd just like to clarify that i am not a freak who fantasizes about bread - well, maybe a little, but i just really love food)
Its the greatest achievement when we, too, replicate the process and emerge victorious. A greater disappointment than we like to admit when we fail. Like I did with my fudge today.
When such misfortune occurs (and hard-hitting as the truth is - it DOES happen, children.) - A cheesy pizza becomes our (yeah, okay, read MY) lord, the savior.
The process of making food (i could just say cooking, but making food is more appropriate, i think ;D) is, in itself, like life -
that starts from a random list of all things available in the universe to cook, then the things you select, then how you arrange them, all in a beautiful composition, a little time and you've made yourself a harmony!
A tangible song, if you will - which you CREATED! Which is YOUR baby (which you will, uhm, EAT; but that's secondary)
Whether it's a composition thats been around since forever, or if its been passed on to you, or if its your very own - making food is one of the MOST INTERESTING thing life on this plane of existence has to offer. Something everyone should experience.
(You should know, i rarely say should... well...mostly.)
Listening to the spanish guitar while doing it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
(post on spanish guitar might come soon after this piece on food - although i have EXACT same feelings for both.)
And to those MASTERS, who go through this marvel of an experience everyday - whether in one or several house kitchens or in that of the greatest restaurants - i'd just like to say - thank you.
What you create makes the world a happier place.
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