Thoughts On
Cooking, Kitchen Gadgets, Recipes and More
In Season 3, Episode 7 of the Kiddos in the Kitchen podcast, I asked Laura Fuentes, founder of MOMables and author of five cookbooks, about how she involves her three children in the kitchen. She had tons of great ideas.
Let’s start with the harsh reality: This pandemic is the worst. Reading stories of people suffering with and dying from COVID-19 is horrible. Thinking about the ramifications of going back to school this fall is terrible. Hearing stories from front-line healthcare is devastating.
Not seeing friends, not going to tee-ball practice, wearing masks in stores … It’s all awful.
Still, despite all the awful no-good terrible-ness … there have been a few positives to come out of this mess.
I have countless cookbooks and magazines as well as binders of cooking magazine tearsheets and website printouts from the past 20 years. And I am grateful for the test kitchen chefs at Bon Appétit and America’s Test Kitchen and all the rest. But the recipes I treasure the most are the handwritten ones that have been passed down in the family.
I often feel like food is my love language … It’s something I can do for others that shows I care. And when my son asks if we’re going to make our Halloween cookies this year and if I can make his special Valentine’s Day chocolates again, it means something to me.
Maybe my son’s love language will be food as well.
A lot of our vacations with our son have been to visit family. Sometimes we add on adventures and stay in hotels. We’ve also rented a condo. You’d think that vacation time would be about not cooking, but somehow, when you’re on vacation, it feels different. It’s less rushed. It’s more enjoyable to sit and eat what you’ve prepared. It’s about gathering with family. It’s time together preparing the meal and time together savoring it. It feeds the body and the soul.
