Cultural Eatery
We eat with our eyes. That is the reason why food has always had a meaning, a social status and has been used to highlight wealth. And this also means that what we see is what we want even though we might not be hungry, or it could be poisonous. Therefore, we are told not […]
Meals can be considered to be social constructions, deeply intertwined with our identity. Whatever food we choose to prepare and consume, gives away information about ourselves: our points of views, our ideologies, and our assumptions on life. To be able to cook requires intention, a set of skills and practice. We are surrounded by images […]
In my opinion you cannot compare the experience of cooking at home against the experience of dinning out. They belong to two different universes. One is more of an event than an everyday job. The effort one puts into might be the same, but the outcome is completely different. In your kitchen you might cook […]
To start cooking you need to have the wish to prepare something tasty, the ingredients -preferably fresh and of good quality- and a bit of knowledge on how to move around a kitchen. Most importantly, depending on the type of cook you are -creative or experimental-, what you need is the guidance of a recipe. […]
A kitchen is not complete until you have the tools designed to help in the cooking process. Spoons, spatulas, pots, pans, whisks, knives, you name it, all these utensils are there to ease the actions you undertake in transforming produce into a dish fit to be consumed. It can be overwhelming to decide from all […]