If you have not seen Julie and Julia - stop reading this very minute and watch the movie!
I will not be undergoing the Joy of French Cooking, but my heart beats in unison with these ladies for the love of cooking and community that comes with it.
I like to cook, but I love to cook well. I am overwhelmingly passionate about creating a dish that captivates, takes you to a place where flavors marry together to create harmonious sensations beyond expression. For me, one bite of grandma's banana nut bread paints an image of the homestead kitchen when I was 6 on a warm summer day at a time in my life when the most important question was "do you want it warm with butter or cool with whip cream?". I love love love to take part in sharing those moments with others who may or may not have had someone special to help form those kind of memories. Great food is a gift from God that I wish to bless others with. When someone takes the time to tell me how much they enjoy food I make, I am reminded that my work is pleasing to the Lord.
In the pursuit of earth-shatteringly great food and the joy and sharing this with people around me - I will undergo the following project.
Scope: to go through all of the recipes I have stashed away - magazine clippings, scribbles on paper from myself, family, or someone entirely unknown to me, index cards, and more.
Once I have successfully worked my way through those the scope will change to encompass new things never imagined by my mind.
This project will be one of daring feats. Unforeseen terrors. And expanding waist lines (hopefully not mine).
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