Comments on: Why do I cook? http://cherylkatz.org/2010/03/07/why-do-i-cook/ From scratch. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:27:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: noelle http://cherylkatz.org/2010/03/07/why-do-i-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-4133 noelle Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:58:34 +0000 http://cherylkatz.org/?p=636#comment-4133 YIPPEE! You're writing again. I like the way you write, so I'm happy with it. And, I like why you cook. And I like why I cook... But you're a few steps ahead of me (both with the cooking for others and in what you CAN cook with competence), so I'm just movin' along at my pace. .-= noelle´s last blog ..<a href="http://eventsbynoelle.com/blog/2009/11/03/chicks-and-knives-oh-my/" rel="nofollow">Chicks and Knives… OH MY!</a> =-. YIPPEE! You’re writing again. I like the way you write, so I’m happy with it.

And, I like why you cook. And I like why I cook… But you’re a few steps ahead of me (both with the cooking for others and in what you CAN cook with competence), so I’m just movin’ along at my pace.
.-= noelle´s last blog ..Chicks and Knives… OH MY! =-.

]]> By: Michelle http://cherylkatz.org/2010/03/07/why-do-i-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-4111 Michelle Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:46:22 +0000 http://cherylkatz.org/?p=636#comment-4111 If France doesn't work out for you (and no reason why it shouldn't) I can so see you at someplace like Stone Barns Center ( http://www.stonebarnscenter.org/ ). *hugs* We should talk soon! If France doesn’t work out for you (and no reason why it shouldn’t) I can so see you at someplace like Stone Barns Center
( http://www.stonebarnscenter.org/ ).

*hugs* We should talk soon!

]]> By: Mike http://cherylkatz.org/2010/03/07/why-do-i-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-4102 Mike Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:06:48 +0000 http://cherylkatz.org/?p=636#comment-4102 Since you're one of the Tribe now, consider the principle of hiddur mitzvah, which means to adorn/embellish/beautify the way you fulfill mitzvot. You see it all the time: singing a prayer to a lovely melody instead of plain speech, or using a beautiful mezzuzah case instead of an austere one. The scholars say that choosing to do this not only glorifies the practice, but makes the person more conscious of her actions in doing so. You are doing the same with food--not only making it better through your care and attention, but making yourself more aware of everything that goes into it. It's an essential step of building an "I-Thou" relationship with the everyday world. Since you’re one of the Tribe now, consider the principle of hiddur mitzvah, which means to adorn/embellish/beautify the way you fulfill mitzvot. You see it all the time: singing a prayer to a lovely melody instead of plain speech, or using a beautiful mezzuzah case instead of an austere one. The scholars say that choosing to do this not only glorifies the practice, but makes the person more conscious of her actions in doing so.

You are doing the same with food–not only making it better through your care and attention, but making yourself more aware of everything that goes into it. It’s an essential step of building an “I-Thou” relationship with the everyday world.

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