Your Senses

Cooking isn’t just about following recipes. It is a creative journey, and recipes are just your roadmaps. As helpful as recipes can be, there are no better guides than your senses. Tasting is essential, not just at the end, but of individual ingredients and mixtures as you are cooking. Perfectly browned butter has a very distinctive smell. The look and feel of dough when it forms properly will be your key to how the final texture will develop. Your ears will help you stay aware of the ongoing tasks in the kitchen. Many of these sensory skills will develop with experience, but it also takes awareness and sensitivity to gain this knowledge. So seek and feel while you are cooking; it is a beautiful opportunity.