Growing up, the kitchen was the center of the house. Mealtimes, game times, and all good times revolved around it. At any party, the biggest gaggle of people hovered in the kitchen. Precious moments between me and each of my parents happened in the kitchen. My sister and I grew up as we experimented with recipes in the kitchen. And oh, the conversations! Literature, theology, art, war, peace, music; we tossed about every topic in the warmth and security of our own kitchen. And no matter how the conversation froze out or boiled over, we sat down together at the same level table to enjoy a meal every evening. Among the edible creations, I was created. Little by little, day by day, we each were shaped, both physically and spiritually, in the kitchen.
So it is in that warm and tender tradition that I welcome you, dear reader and friend, to my kitchen. Here you'll find recipes that will strengthen your skill while not challenging your pocket book or your arteries (too much), and conversations to both challenge and strengthen your mind and spirit. At least once a week you'll find out what's cooking in my world, and I invite you to share what's cooking in yours!
Let us strive to be created and shaped by sharing conversation with each other even as we create and shape the food we share.
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