1. i view cooking and writing software as a creative act. Making food is a pleasant contrast to making software because the projects are short and the asthetics are straightforward: do i, and whomever else i'm cooking for, think this is delicious. With practice, i can cook a higher grade of food than i can afford to eat out, just like buying nicer alcohols is cheaper at a liquor store than a bar.
i look forward to cooking and find it relaxing, particularly when it's just for my own household - small quantities of food for people whose tastes i know well.
2. i plan a few days ahead and i go shopping every few days. some days i spend the majority of my spare cycles imagining and re-imagining how i'll cook dinner with the ingredients i've got at home.
3+4. i cook mostly vegetarian / pescetarian and try to use whole grains and complex carbohydrates, probably less carbs than e.g. sandwiches or pasta? i often start with a protein source and then try to make it a balanced and tasty meal.
5. plan ahead. treat the whole thing as a meditation: chopping is a deep consideration of the vegetable, cleaning is a meditation on the colors and shapes as they reveal themselves beneath the food-dirt.
i look forward to cooking and find it relaxing, particularly when it's just for my own household - small quantities of food for people whose tastes i know well.
2. i plan a few days ahead and i go shopping every few days. some days i spend the majority of my spare cycles imagining and re-imagining how i'll cook dinner with the ingredients i've got at home.
3+4. i cook mostly vegetarian / pescetarian and try to use whole grains and complex carbohydrates, probably less carbs than e.g. sandwiches or pasta? i often start with a protein source and then try to make it a balanced and tasty meal.
5. plan ahead. treat the whole thing as a meditation: chopping is a deep consideration of the vegetable, cleaning is a meditation on the colors and shapes as they reveal themselves beneath the food-dirt.