Good food writing makes me want to be in the kitchen the same way a sudden burst of creativity makes me want to be in the kitchen and then write. I have spent a lot of years feeling both shame and confusion for why I can remember some recipes I have created and developed myself while I am half asleep while others I have to reference my phone and sift through my Notes app in order to confirm the number of grams of a specific ingredient no matter how many times I have made it. Anytime someone suggests I go on one of those home-cook competition shows I shudder at the idea of scrambling and sweating to remember how long I usually sear a steak. Steak, can you imagine? Sometimes I still have to check my notes. Do you know how many times I have seared a damn steak? I won’t tell you that I have fully relinquished my shame or embarrassment because then I would be lying. That said, I have (mostly) accepted it as just a part of me and how my brain works. I don’t imagine they allow contestants to reference their own biscuit recipe on their phone despite the fact they have made said biscuits thousands of times.
Food//Memories
Food//Memories
Food//Memories
Good food writing makes me want to be in the kitchen the same way a sudden burst of creativity makes me want to be in the kitchen and then write. I have spent a lot of years feeling both shame and confusion for why I can remember some recipes I have created and developed myself while I am half asleep while others I have to reference my phone and sift through my Notes app in order to confirm the number of grams of a specific ingredient no matter how many times I have made it. Anytime someone suggests I go on one of those home-cook competition shows I shudder at the idea of scrambling and sweating to remember how long I usually sear a steak. Steak, can you imagine? Sometimes I still have to check my notes. Do you know how many times I have seared a damn steak? I won’t tell you that I have fully relinquished my shame or embarrassment because then I would be lying. That said, I have (mostly) accepted it as just a part of me and how my brain works. I don’t imagine they allow contestants to reference their own biscuit recipe on their phone despite the fact they have made said biscuits thousands of times.