Cooking is my Therapy

I guess most of us believe we have a book locked up inside us, but know that it's never going to happen. So now I'd like to get something of mine out of my system and up 'n' floating around the planet, hopefully gathering some global food thoughts and friends as it goes. Food and drink are what bring us together.

I used to mess about in the kitchen, nervous about my cooking, religiously following those recipes, ever wondering whether 400g of potatoes was before or after peeling. Geez, we can get so hung up; it's all such a trial, will the soufflé flop, is the chicken cooked right through, my God, was it really supposed to look like that? Well then it all suddenly clicked. Don't know when it was exactly, or what triggered the click, but suddenly I wasn't nervous, I wasn't following recipes either, I was creating my own. Confidence was quick to grow, and now I've joined the ranks of the foodies - or are we cookies?

Yup, it's my therapy. I can get shed loads of tension out of my system by cooking, and then it pleases people, and they're liking it, and they're replacing the tension with good stuff and we're all happy! Generally the whole process is even more successful if it's well oiled with wine, some music, and no time limit.

I occasionally do get some food writing, nothing that's going to make me more than a few beans, but i enjoy it. I also illustrate it; somewhat overdosed on the food photography I've taken to sketching when inspired - usually it's the ingredients themselves that I draw in my own inimitable style but I also do step-by-step doodles too, and the odd recipe in comic strip style. Enough for now, bit by bit I'm going to put the bloody lot on here...