Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.
Winona LadukeRead
And while other passions in your life may at some point begin to bank their fires, the shared happiness of good homemade food can last as long as we do.
Interpretation
Homemade food fosters lasting happiness and shared joy in our lives.
This quote emphasizes the enduring joy that comes from sharing homemade food with others. While various passions may fade or change over time, the happiness derived from good cooking and sharing meals remains a constant and cherished part of life, highlighting the deep emotional connections food creates among people.
In practice
During a family gathering, I shared this quote to emphasize the importance of our homemade meals together.
Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.
I'm engaged in food on so many levels, and I love that. So my work, my craft, is around food, and writing is one aspect of it; communicating a narrative, cooking online is one aspect of it; solving the food chasm that we have in Harlem and finding a farmers market is another one, and all of them are equally exciting for me.
...it was so rich and exotic I was seduced into taking one bite and then another as I tried to chase the flavors back to their source.
Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.
To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.
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