Yes, I'm back to food again. But on the cooking side of it this time. This evening I took great pleasure in preparing a Thai feast for a few friends. Noteworthy moments of loveliness:
- tipping the snap peas and watching delicate green curls create a baroque pattern against the white of my ceramic sink
- taking in the fragrance of lemon grass and garlic sauteeing in olive oil
- inhaling deeply over the chopped fresh basil-- exquisite aroma!
- tasting the golden sweetness of fresh pineapple, with juice dripping down my chin
- opening the lid on the pot of lemongrass-basil-pineapple jasmine rice, cooked to perfection
- watching the play of colour on plates of curry, with curves of red and green pepper and ribbons of zucchini
- hearing The Chorus of Yum rise from the table (you know, the appreciative silence of dinner guests loving their meal)
I savoured the quiet and fragrant preparations and then the company of good friends. We raised glasses of Sauvignon Blanc to toast eachother and over fourteen years of shared friendship. Truly, everything anyone could want for a beautiful evening.
Right up until I spotted the baroque curls of green in the sink, I was going to post something about the great satisfaction I got from teaching today. My challenging and lovely group of eleven and twelve year olds learned how to communicate cross-culturally with colour. They created the most amazing abstract expressionist self-portraits using colour symbolism from seven different cultural traditions (Maasi, Chinese, Japanese, Navaho, Ukrainian, etc). Even the most art-resistent students dove right in. Their portraits were beautiful and they were so proud of their work. Identity, communication, colour, cultural awareness... What a privilege it is to be part of the development of skills around such important themes. I love my Wednesday gig.
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