Cooking myths : fire the imagination along with the stove
Date Issued
April 18, 2021
Author(s)
Abstract
What if food became the medium and the end-result, as nourishing and enticing to the ear as to the palate? Inviting conversation and interaction, so that at the end of the day, on the weekend or a special occasion, we come together — in the kitchen or online — to prepare a meal and talk about it?
Food for thought is the popular term, and the stories that accompany this collection of family recipes from Greece and Cyprus, meat-based and vegetarian, promise savory tastes of classical mythology, history, philosophy, art, geography, and science (with a dash of artistic license). Each selection centers on a basic food: egg, lemon, olive, wine, grains and legumes, milk, fruit, and fish; each alluding to a story from ancient Greece. Tales of temperamental gods mingling in the lives of mortals, heroes fighting monsters, stories of life and death, love and war, adventures and ideals; and beyond the particulars of each story, layer upon layer of symbolism and insight about a human’s relation to human, to nature, to God, and to the cosmos. And we realize, perhaps, that the same elements, relations and principles that make up a good story are also essential for a good recipe, and for a well-lived life: authenticity, balance, consistency, and more. Select a recipe and embark on a journey of discovery. Cooking Myths promises to fire your imagination along with your stove!
Food for thought is the popular term, and the stories that accompany this collection of family recipes from Greece and Cyprus, meat-based and vegetarian, promise savory tastes of classical mythology, history, philosophy, art, geography, and science (with a dash of artistic license). Each selection centers on a basic food: egg, lemon, olive, wine, grains and legumes, milk, fruit, and fish; each alluding to a story from ancient Greece. Tales of temperamental gods mingling in the lives of mortals, heroes fighting monsters, stories of life and death, love and war, adventures and ideals; and beyond the particulars of each story, layer upon layer of symbolism and insight about a human’s relation to human, to nature, to God, and to the cosmos. And we realize, perhaps, that the same elements, relations and principles that make up a good story are also essential for a good recipe, and for a well-lived life: authenticity, balance, consistency, and more. Select a recipe and embark on a journey of discovery. Cooking Myths promises to fire your imagination along with your stove!