This painting lived in my kitchen in Cambridge, MA, for 10 years, watching over me as I cooked many meals. It was packed away in my parents’ basement, along with many other meaningful possessions, when I moved to California.
It was given to me by a very talented artist as a gift for letting him stay with me while he was homeless. I don’t know whatever became of him, but his gift has served as a signpost reminding me of an essential truth—
Wherever we are is where we are in that moment and right now if you’re reading this page that means You Are Here and I thank you for your presence.
I started this blog because I believe food and cooking are powerful beyond measure. We are connected to it biologically, emotionally, historically, economically, and spiritually. It is specific, yet expansive; and in a constant state of flux.
My whole life I have had a keen awareness of food and unconsciously I have used it as a tool to cope with stresses, as a creative outlet, an emblem of love, a comfort for my grief, a career path, a cultural exploration, a connection to nature, and much more.
Cooking Up Your Life is dedicated to celebrating food and the art of cooking to inspire personal growth and to enhance the well being of all mankind.
hey!
glad to see you are starting a blog again! looking forward to reading it. miss you!
-justy
Well written my friend. Congrats. It looks like a great blog set up
Looking forward to see what you will be cooking up!
Wonderful. I will read this with appetite.
Congratulations!