Posted 12:13 pm Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Passion For Food Is A Fuel for Love
By CHRISTINE GARDNER
Food Editor
“There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” – George Bernard Shaw
The dictionary defines the word passion as intense, driving feeling or conviction; ardent affection. Cooking and food have been the source of passion for many years and a popular topic for many famous writers. It is engrained in our souls, history and culture and stirs feelings of love, comfort and desire for dishes that remind us of nostalgic moments.
Ask someone who works in the food business why they cook for a living and they will usually tell you they are passionate about food or cooking. The hours are terrible, the money is bad but they keep doing it because of the joy they receive watching people enjoy their food.
“My passion comes through in the food. The way it looks on the plate and how it tastes,” Chef Simon Webster of Sabor a Pasion said. “I like to see how happy people are when they eat my food. It’s very satisfying to see their anticipation of the meal and how my love of food translates into a passion for cooking and serving others.”
“Happy and successful cooking doesn’t rely only on know-how; it comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it to life.” – Georges Blanc
Move out of the commercial kitchen and into the dining room and one of the most common sights you see in restaurants are couples dining together. We fall in love over food and develop a love for the food that generates those happy feelings and memories.
“Our three basic needs for food and security and love are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the other.” – M. F. K. Fisher
Breezy Lake and David Wolfe met last June for coffee at FRESH by Brookshire’s. A mutual friend had encouraged the meeting and after a few months of resisting they finally planned a date. Ms. Lake teaches hospitality and culinary classes at Lon Morris College. Wolfe owns the Oxbow Bakery in Palestine. Both were so committed to their life in food they didn’t have much time for other commitments. Now their mutual passion for food has fueled a deeper love for each other.
“We had a passion for food and cooking way before our journey began at FRESH on June 19th,” Ms. Lake said. “Our grandmothers showed their love in the kitchen and our Southern mamas have continued the tradition.
“We were even set up by a mutual culinary friend, Kathleen Stanfill. She just knew we would make the perfect foodie pair,” Ms. Lake said.
Wolfe and Ms. Lake will be married on May 19 and are planning a wedding weekend filled with unforgettable food and feasting. They want to share with family and friends the passion they have for food, cooking and each other.
“It’s the perfect recipe for our special day,” Ms. Lake said.
“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” – Harriet Van Horne
Jennifer McCall Young believes that cooking is an expression of love and adoration.
“When I want to comfort my son I make his favorite meatballs. My husband loves stroganoff and my daughter loves pot roast. Sometimes I cook all three so that we all have a comfort meal on the same night,” Mrs. Young said.
Lucinda Pfeiffer agrees, “I love seeing the look on my family and friends faces when they take a bite and their eyes roll back in their heads because it's so delicious. I enjoy bringing happiness with my food.”
“There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.” – Thomas Wolfe
Many are inspired by cooking and use it as an outlet for discovery and imagination.
“For me it is a creative, artistic outlet,” Roy Schneider said. “I can get a little lost in the creativity.”
“Food is my art,” Carleen Dark said. “It’s my creative outlet and one of the most powerful expressions of love. It brings joy, inspires conversation and brings people together.”
“The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.” – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
In my life cooking represents wonderful memories of family, friends, places and moments that I treasure in my heart. The food can be simple or elaborate but the sentimental attachment that meal captures becomes a part of me.
This nostalgia has made cooking my solace and a place where I find peace in my day. Knowing the food will have a positive effect on those who eat it washes away negative emotions.
It pulls me away from the stress of the day and brings me back to what’s important – spreading joy and a passion for cooking to those around me.
“The pleasure of the table belongs to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries, and to all areas; it mingles with all other pleasures, and remains at last to console us for their departure.” – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Christine Gardner can be reached by email at food@tylerpaper.com or on Facebook at Christine Gardner Tyler Paper Food. You can also call 903-596-6247 or write to 410 W. Erwin, Tyler, TX 75702.
Food Editor
“There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” – George Bernard Shaw
The dictionary defines the word passion as intense, driving feeling or conviction; ardent affection. Cooking and food have been the source of passion for many years and a popular topic for many famous writers. It is engrained in our souls, history and culture and stirs feelings of love, comfort and desire for dishes that remind us of nostalgic moments.
Ask someone who works in the food business why they cook for a living and they will usually tell you they are passionate about food or cooking. The hours are terrible, the money is bad but they keep doing it because of the joy they receive watching people enjoy their food.
“My passion comes through in the food. The way it looks on the plate and how it tastes,” Chef Simon Webster of Sabor a Pasion said. “I like to see how happy people are when they eat my food. It’s very satisfying to see their anticipation of the meal and how my love of food translates into a passion for cooking and serving others.”
“Happy and successful cooking doesn’t rely only on know-how; it comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it to life.” – Georges Blanc
Move out of the commercial kitchen and into the dining room and one of the most common sights you see in restaurants are couples dining together. We fall in love over food and develop a love for the food that generates those happy feelings and memories.
“Our three basic needs for food and security and love are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the other.” – M. F. K. Fisher
Breezy Lake and David Wolfe met last June for coffee at FRESH by Brookshire’s. A mutual friend had encouraged the meeting and after a few months of resisting they finally planned a date. Ms. Lake teaches hospitality and culinary classes at Lon Morris College. Wolfe owns the Oxbow Bakery in Palestine. Both were so committed to their life in food they didn’t have much time for other commitments. Now their mutual passion for food has fueled a deeper love for each other.
“We had a passion for food and cooking way before our journey began at FRESH on June 19th,” Ms. Lake said. “Our grandmothers showed their love in the kitchen and our Southern mamas have continued the tradition.
“We were even set up by a mutual culinary friend, Kathleen Stanfill. She just knew we would make the perfect foodie pair,” Ms. Lake said.
Wolfe and Ms. Lake will be married on May 19 and are planning a wedding weekend filled with unforgettable food and feasting. They want to share with family and friends the passion they have for food, cooking and each other.
“It’s the perfect recipe for our special day,” Ms. Lake said.
“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” – Harriet Van Horne
Jennifer McCall Young believes that cooking is an expression of love and adoration.
“When I want to comfort my son I make his favorite meatballs. My husband loves stroganoff and my daughter loves pot roast. Sometimes I cook all three so that we all have a comfort meal on the same night,” Mrs. Young said.
Lucinda Pfeiffer agrees, “I love seeing the look on my family and friends faces when they take a bite and their eyes roll back in their heads because it's so delicious. I enjoy bringing happiness with my food.”
“There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.” – Thomas Wolfe
Many are inspired by cooking and use it as an outlet for discovery and imagination.
“For me it is a creative, artistic outlet,” Roy Schneider said. “I can get a little lost in the creativity.”
“Food is my art,” Carleen Dark said. “It’s my creative outlet and one of the most powerful expressions of love. It brings joy, inspires conversation and brings people together.”
“The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.” – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
In my life cooking represents wonderful memories of family, friends, places and moments that I treasure in my heart. The food can be simple or elaborate but the sentimental attachment that meal captures becomes a part of me.
This nostalgia has made cooking my solace and a place where I find peace in my day. Knowing the food will have a positive effect on those who eat it washes away negative emotions.
It pulls me away from the stress of the day and brings me back to what’s important – spreading joy and a passion for cooking to those around me.
“The pleasure of the table belongs to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries, and to all areas; it mingles with all other pleasures, and remains at last to console us for their departure.” – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Christine Gardner can be reached by email at food@tylerpaper.com or on Facebook at Christine Gardner Tyler Paper Food. You can also call 903-596-6247 or write to 410 W. Erwin, Tyler, TX 75702.
