For The Love Of Food

The saying goes, for men anyways, "The way to a man's heart, is through his stomach." True, very true. However, I also believe that men are not the only one's that are affected by the "love spell" of food. In fact, I am found to be caught under food's "love spell" every single day. I LOVE food! I love everything about it. The smells, the sights, the textures, the taste, I just love food; especially eating it. I also love to cook it. Thankfully, I have been blessed with a creative knack for cooking and am always looking for new ways to create scrumptious new dishes. Anything from savory to sweet, I find cooking to be a very wonderful creative outlet that I am slowly perfecting every time I enter the kitchen.

I would have to say my love and inspiration for cooking food, as well as eating it, has come from my mother. She is one of the best cooks that I know, and she is always willing to share her many cooking secrets with me. She treats the kitchen as a painter would with a blank canvas. Hardly uses a recipe, and cooks straight from the heart. You can definitely taste the love that was made with it in every bite that you take. I have learned from her that food comes out the best when you love to cook it, when you are being creative with it (but not going crazy now!), and are willing to practice. Practice does make perfect, or as perfect as it can get in an imperfect world. I always tell my boyfriend, "with me, you will never go hungry", and that is another reason I wanted to make sure I knew my way around the kitchen. I want to give my family the same wonderful tasting food that my mom had always given us.

If you're new to cooking, or are delving into it a little more, my advice would be to have fun with it! Let those creative juices just flow. I know I still have a ton of practice ahead of me, but I love it! Food Network and The Cooking Channel are awesome by the way if your looking for new ideas and such:)