Hello out there, my name is Isaac, and I want to share with you my experiences with cooking (sometimes life) as well as share with you some of my recipes. Some of you (well, at this stage, probably Most of you) already know me, because you are probably either downright related to me, or were classmates in elementary and high school. However, some of you may not know me. Have no fear, I am sure we'll get along just fine.
So why start up a cooking column? After all, there must be close to a bajillion (I'm not sure just how big a "bajillion" is, but I am sure it is staggering to the mind..) other cooking columns just out here on these here internets. Well, for one, because I really want to. Secondly, because I think that too many people view cooking as a form of drudgery, something as odious as taking out the garbage, or as laborious as digging a nine-mile trench with a soup spoon. Too many others view cooking as a form of precise , but rigidly technical art (don't get me wrong, I do think that cooking is a kind of art, but we'll come back to that) where the almighty Recipe is to be followed to the absolute letter and industrial sameness in every bite of food is the goal. However, to me - and probably not a few others taken by this particular passion. cooking is so much more than about the mere preparation of food. To us, the preparation of food is an expression of our Self. Our personalities shine thru in every creation that we prepare. For instance, personally, I can not put pencil or paint to paper to create a portrait. But if you give me a few basic ingredients, the right tools and enough time and I can create something beautiful on a plate that you will never forget. To folks like me, food is as much our medium as a painter would need his paints. It is this drive, this passion for cooking, that I want to share with you. Now you know why I am starting this cooking column.
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