I am new to the blogging community, this being my first blog and all.. Therefore, I have been mulling over for days, as to what I should put up for my initiating post. I decided, I want you to get familiar with me. I also want to give you a bit of my perception, on how I view food. For this reason, I think a quick intro is appropriate.
I grew up in the industry, and still work in it. My family owned and ran a restaurant, from the time I was a child until early adulthood. So, food has always been intertwined into my life. At times I appreciated it, and at times I did not. Never the less, I developed a strong affinity to it. That, through the years has fueled into a passion.
About seven months ago, I began a life-changing transformation. I started a 12 month awareness course. Since then, I have been on a path of self discovery. I am re-examining the world around me, and questioning it, all without limitations. I have begun to take a new approach on life, to better appreciate simplicity. To fully take in the essence of, what actually is.
This new outlook on life, has had quite the impact on my relationship with food. Yogic views of consumption are very different from ordinary mainstream views. "We should only eat that which enhances us," or so the saying goes. This caused inner turmoil with me. I shouldn't eat meat and sugar?! That deliciously crispy piece of pork belly, is bad for me?! But I love creme brulee!!! Why?!?!?!?!?! At this pace, I will never be a truly enlightened yogi!
I grew up in the industry, and still work in it. My family owned and ran a restaurant, from the time I was a child until early adulthood. So, food has always been intertwined into my life. At times I appreciated it, and at times I did not. Never the less, I developed a strong affinity to it. That, through the years has fueled into a passion.
About seven months ago, I began a life-changing transformation. I started a 12 month awareness course. Since then, I have been on a path of self discovery. I am re-examining the world around me, and questioning it, all without limitations. I have begun to take a new approach on life, to better appreciate simplicity. To fully take in the essence of, what actually is.
This new outlook on life, has had quite the impact on my relationship with food. Yogic views of consumption are very different from ordinary mainstream views. "We should only eat that which enhances us," or so the saying goes. This caused inner turmoil with me. I shouldn't eat meat and sugar?! That deliciously crispy piece of pork belly, is bad for me?! But I love creme brulee!!! Why?!?!?!?!?! At this pace, I will never be a truly enlightened yogi!
However, I have come to be at peace with these initial dislikes. It has caused me to redefine what food and the whole process of cooking means to me. It is this, FOOD SHOULD HAVE DIGNITY! Enough with the processed, fat free, chemically altered shadow of what actually is! I don't want sugar free-fat free ice cream! I want real ice cream, with all the fat and sugar that it has to give! If I'm going to eat it and put it into my body, I want it to be real damn it! I think...That as long as there is respect, in any kind of food, it is actually good for you (all things in moderation of course). It's better to drink a cup of raw whole milk rather than a gallon of over pasteurized skim milk. After all, they both came from the same place. It's just a question of what it went through, before you drank it. What good is milk, if it's been stripped of all it's natural properties?
Just as ingredients should be wholesome in quality, so should cooking. It's an art, that should be done with care and diligence. The whole process is like the ingredient's last tribute. It's given new life, a new light in which to shine. We as the consumers, are able to fully experience and respect what the ingredient has given. It's saying this is what I am and this is what I stand for! We gain a better appreciation of it. A new found respect for the ways in which it can transform and become ever more beautiful.
For these reasons my search begins. I shall find REAL food, food that is yearning to be eaten with appreciation and care. Food that is ready to be... fully taken in. Food that wants to be savored, long lasting, and inspiring. I shall find food that will be remembered..
Just as ingredients should be wholesome in quality, so should cooking. It's an art, that should be done with care and diligence. The whole process is like the ingredient's last tribute. It's given new life, a new light in which to shine. We as the consumers, are able to fully experience and respect what the ingredient has given. It's saying this is what I am and this is what I stand for! We gain a better appreciation of it. A new found respect for the ways in which it can transform and become ever more beautiful.
For these reasons my search begins. I shall find REAL food, food that is yearning to be eaten with appreciation and care. Food that is ready to be... fully taken in. Food that wants to be savored, long lasting, and inspiring. I shall find food that will be remembered..
