There are many terms used in conjunction with recipe: recipe for disaster, recipe for failure, recipe for happiness. Using the term recipe in a context other than ingredients in a meal creates a common understanding. We don’t think about breathing or about all the other automatic functions our body performs [nearly] flawlessly both awake and asleep, but we do obsess over eating. We can’t survive without water and air but food, more accurately our next meal, is always foremost in our minds. Every culture is replete with phrases and rituals tied to the act of cooking and eating; those combine most often in relationships. Dating, engagements, weddings and marriages all have cultural markers about eating ingrained deeply in the psyche. Of all compatible reasons to be together, a common desire for foods should rank fairly high. If two people can’t bond over a recipe then all the passion in the world won’t account for lack of taste.
Bawdywench
Brenda
May 16, 2010
Excellent exploration of recipe~~makes me want to get cooking!
anthonynorth
May 16, 2010
Enjoyed that – especially the last line.
Denise Moncrief
May 16, 2010
so true! my post, recipe for regret, falls in line with your premise. thanks for sharing.
b
May 17, 2010
I had not thought about this but it is very true. If I cannot cook with a friend we probably won’t have much in common. Isn’t that interesting.
b
http://torristravels.blogspot.com/2010/05/recipe.html
Dee
May 17, 2010
bonding over the most basic of human needs
Very true!
Understanding Alice
May 18, 2010
a real slice of wisdom there
bawdywench
May 18, 2010
Makes you kinda wonder why we try so hard to make everything perfect. Just eat already!