I posed this question at a time when I had misplaced my why and your Substack seemed as a place as any to look for it. Your response has reached me on my birthday and today I am cooking a a multi-course meal for 8 friends. So while I may not be currently searching, your answer brings such a smile to my face.
And the humour in me hitting ‘send’ before typing out my full moniker is not lost on me.
I posed this question at a time when I had misplaced my why and your Substack seemed as a place as any to look for it. Your response has reached me on my birthday and today I am cooking a a multi-course meal for 8 friends. So while I may not be currently searching, your answer brings such a smile to my face.
And the humour in me hitting ‘send’ before typing out my full moniker is not lost on me.
Signed - the Free-Ranging Foodie
Beautiful.
What a balm your writing is.
This is poetry. I love this list of why people cook and was going to site my favorites but they are all brilliant!
Love this piece and want to read it again and again. Feels like a blessing to have a kitchen to cook in, especially these days.
Can’t wait for that book!
Yes, yes, yes. Thank you for your beautiful writing.
If I might add one I don’t think you mentioned: to carry on family food traditions.
(And thanks for being on Substack - I’ve read you work for years!)