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Sunday, March 01, 2009 
After a long spate of using my kitchen as a storage area for food and utensils with some intermittent cook-and-run food prep,  I recently cooked for my mother. It was a delicious experience. I kept it simple: skinless chicken breast sauteed in olive oil with some salt and pepper, then I added some organic chicken broth and set it aside while I prepared brown rice. I strained the broth into a roux with a dash of turmeric and then I served it all up with snap peas. In the course of preparation, there was conversation and tasting and laughter - cooking can be a wonderful source of communion.
 

I enjoyed the process so much that I followed up by cooking for friends. There's a connectedness that I feel when I cook...it reminds me somewhat of the way that I feel when gardening.  (Although I'm a much better cook than a gardener, just hold a seance and ask my deceased plants). There is a matter of knowing a space and engaging with it.
 

One of my friends mentioned recently that they had "walked their property" and I laughed, knowing full well what they meant, when years ago I would have looked at them in a confused way and asked them to explain. Now I know that there is a level of comfort in walking the ground that surrounds a home and knowing what is and is not there. Knowing that the wisteria is adjacent to a downspout, or that the holly is neighbor to the strongest patch of monkey grass, or that I really need to put some brick over this area that the dogs are half-heartedly attempting to escape through when they are bored...everything becomes connected and feels whole.
 
 
I have existed in a space at times, and lived in a space at times. I find that when I live in a space I don't want to or "need" to leave it as much. And although I love a day hike or the night of live jazz with friends, there is as much enjoyment in cooking a meal at home.
 

Here's a site I came across today when I was looking for healthy home cooking:

http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com/
 
5:36 PM
 
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Folksie

 
What a beautiful post. Thanks for sharing your moments with your mother. We don't sometimes appreciate those times perhaps as much as we should. (My mom has passed, and , though I'm a grown man, I really miss her. She always knew the right things to say, or the right food to cook.)........Just those moments with friends, sharing a meal and conversation should not be taken for granted.........Its these little things that make life good.........Thanks for reminding me.........Jt
 
Posted by Folksie on Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 1:41 AM
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