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If you can’t take the heat……
Date: Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 at 3:38 pm | Category: Restaurant News
I’m not sure but I’ve come to believe that no matter how many rooms you have in your home…..family room, den, all purpose room, etc……everyone always ends up in the kitchen. In our very Italian family, on any occassion, it’s either in the kitchen or in front of the TV watching sports. Maybe there should be architecture that would provide just kitchen, TV area and bedrooms and baths. Better yet, just one large room which includes kitchen and media center.
These is especially true around various holidays. The other night, in our cafe, we were making traditional holiday cookies which required frying in vegetable oil. Our good friends and almost family, Kelly and Peter Perry with their children were working with us to create this delicious treat that, then, gets saturated in honey. There we were all standing around the stove, while Peter fried and I assisted. The question came up “Why do we always end up in the kitchen?”
Remembering as a young child and then as a newly wed in another tradiontal Italian family….the homemade pastas, bread, pastries…..even the smell of boiled homemade wine to saturate one of our pastries, wafted in the air. Most often this was a Sunday event unless, of course, it was a holiday. Then, every day or evening (depending on your work schedule) was spent in the kitchen… I remember the famous words from my own Aunt Mary or my husband’s mother Agnes “Eat…you’ll feel better.”
And so it went, equating eating to love and feelings of comfort and safety. Many of our old world relatives were not very demonstrative in their verbal expressions and so feeding you well was their way of saying “I lovwe you” and “You are important to me”. Those programs stay with you forever and so the warmth of the ovens and the smells of the various delicasies draw all into the saftey and security of the kitchen.
My wishes to all….may you always feel the love of those important to you….whether it be a hug or a homemade cookie…..Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year.
