From my desk, I have an unobstructed view of the garden. This morning, waiting for the heat wave to arrive, I'm staring out at the anise hyssop, well over six feet tall, and thinking about growth.
Each Ninecooks group grows in cooking ability and confidence as we cook our way through new cuisines, new techniques, new ingredients...but the very best thing is how each group has grown into a "family" that enjoys each other's company, respects each other's creativity, and compensates for each other's inabilities.
The group becomes a whole, just as my individual herb and flower plants have melded and mingled, and become a garden.
I'm just back from spending several days with two of my three sisters. We cooked several simple meals together and I realized how much the #1 Cooking Group has become my local tribe. I also learned that my sister Anne had one of Lydia's recipes - Kate gave it to Maria (our high school friend) who gave it to Anne. Ninecooks has (rockin') legs !
Posted by: Mary | August 01, 2006 at 06:05 AM
Mary, thanks for sharing that story. Cooking with the #1 Group is what I imagine it would have been like to grow up with a houseful of sisters, aunts and cousins, all cooking together. Without the family minidramas, of course!
Posted by: Lydia | August 01, 2006 at 07:03 AM