A Lifelong Love of Cooking

I have always loved cooking and I have always cooked. Cooking is very nostalgic and reminds me of my past, yet it also keeps me in the present and is a very mindful exercise. Cooking satisfies all my senses and it is a great way of showing love through the time spent thinking about – and preparing – food for the ones you care about. I put a lot of thought into developing each of my recipes. I think of my children, family and friends and the goodness I am preparing for them, and I think of my parents and grandparents and the love they poured into me through our meals and the special times spent together. In my family, even when we are eating we are talking about the next meal. We are enjoying it, dreaming about it and discussing it at great length. Cooking and the results are (for me) ‘love’ that you can taste, smell and touch – all a big part, I think, of making us the happiest people.