My friend of 10 years and wife of 1.9, mother of our gorgeous and quirky little almost-four-month-old, is an amazing cook. And a better writer than me. And she’s just written something that deserves attention. Jasmin begins:
“I’ve just come from the kitchen where I was slicing potatoes (that will eventually be mashed) for dinner. I’ve been mulling over recipe ideas and food all day, from everything to wondering if I can master bernaise and hollandaise sauce, to an autumn butternut squash dish, to giant caramel and chocolate chip cookies I want to bake and send my little sister who’s now in college. The thought finally hit me today–I really enjoy cooking. I like to get my fingers gooey from mashing ripe bananas for banana bread, I like it when I find a streak of flour across my cheek, and I almost immediately begin drooling from the aroma of garlic and onion being sauteed in olive oil. I’m no gourmet chef, but there is such pleasure and beauty to be found in the simple act of creating sustenance that can be delighted in from raw materials, which in some form or fashion have come from the earth. There is something truly spiritual about it…”
Continue reading here.
1. This makes me want to come and visit you guys out in Raleigh even more.
2. I am glad you blogged this. What is inspiring is it sounds like Jasmin lives worship while cooking, as unto the Lord, instead of it being mundane. That is always cool. And likely, tastier.
Mike,
you wrote: “And a better writer than me.”
Apparently you’re correct; otherwise you might have written, “And a better writer I.”
🙂
Love ya
Ha ha!
Sorry guys…
You both should’ve said, “And a better writer THAN I, yo!”
Sea you soon.
But seriously,
She is quite the wordsmith (and cook too, I’m sure)!
Great post.