Eats

Cooking is comforting to me, especially cooking with wine. The wine doesn’t have to be going into the recipe, although that can be comforting too. It just needs to be in a thin-lipped glass to the right of my cutting board. 

I’ve had the most meaningful, reflective, and “aha” moments while cooking. I sometimes have a movie playing on my iPad or a book that I am listening to. Before I know it, the sights, sounds, aromas, and flavors crescendo into tears, a giggle, or goosebumps, and I make a mental note—that was a meaningful moment.  

Cooking can be so routine, and yet so magical. A moment to create, to signify that the day is winding down, to make something that will nourish the body and the soul. Something that will bring me together with the ones I love, something that can be shared, something that says, “I love you.”