I still haven’t figured out the reason why, for some of us, food plays such an important role in our lives. We like to cook it and eat it, to take photos of it and share them on social media, we like to write about it. The whole package. We smell it, and it brings back memories or transports us to other times and places… We sit around it,  share time with each other, and enjoy it. Sometimes we tell stories with it; the kitchen, sort of transforms into a temple, and we tend, too, to embellish and enhance what happens there: the transformation of produce into dishes fit to be consumed.

In my family, I am the keeper of traditions and recipes (I have grown fond of this role) But I am also the explorer and taster. I like to read cooking books and also those of the lives of well-known cooks and chefs. I have seen my share of cooking TV shows and read blogs and magazines. Not only that, but I am still learning and trying to expand my knowledge and my cooking skills.  Do you, dear reader, have any suggestions for this aspiring apprentice of cooking, on how to go on this journey?