food feature
Food for Thought…
When Cooking is NOT your Jam (or Peanut Butter) I admit it, I am a “foodie”. I love to cook food, eat food, look at food, try new food, you name it, I am ALL about the food! It is my firm belief that world peace will only be achieved through the sharing of food. I have heard tell of folks who say things like, “I just forget to eat sometimes”. Huh?! You WHAT, now?? How is that even possible?! And yet, there it is. There are people who eat to live rather than living to eat, like me. One of my greatest pleasures in life is having people over for a meal. Sometimes my hubby and I will do something simple, and other times we’ll go all out with a 5-course, fancy-shmancy feast that involves amuse bouches and charger plates and kale gar-
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nishes. (Note: Kale is a garnish, NOT a food, in my humble opinion…) We spend days choosing a menu, searching for obscure ingredients, preparing the food and choosing a table setting. Why do we go to all that trouble? Because we absolutely love doing it! Does it always turn out great? Nope, it sure doesn’t! There was that one time when we thought we had bought pork belly but it turned out to be….SALT PORK!! Ohhhh my, that was so bad, it was hilarious! However, our rule always is, “as long as KFC is still open, we will try almost anything once”! For us, cooking is all kinds of fun and adventure. But here’s the thing - not everyone feels that way. I have friends for whom cooking is a chore, even an exercise in frustration. They go into panic mode if someone suggests they should cook for other people. They stress out over the whole evening so it becomes a nightmare instead of a relaxing night with friends. I’m here to tell you that it just isn’t necessary.
