Editorials and columns Jul 7, 2023 ‘After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.’ ~ Oscar Wilde, Irish poet, and playwright.
The notations made on the cards and clippings in a recipe box, and in the margins of cookbooks, are the diary of a cook, what they have prepared and how they have prepared it. Food is a necessary for nourishment, but eating is entertainment, positioning cooking as an activity on the social scale somewhere between drudgery and artistry.
Perceptions of cooks and the wording of recipes are often biased based on gender and ethnicity.
