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Title
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The Kitchen as a Classroom: Recipe to Unearth Life’s Simple Virtues
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Description
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This chapter from the student-written book “Emerging Perspectives on Religion and Environmental Values in America” explores how the connection between cooking, appreciation of nature, and spirituality. It discusses how food can connect you to family, yourself, and your religion. Below is the first paragraph of the chapter to introduce the discussion.
"The art of cooking is a timeless practice, a ubiquitous unifier since time immemorial: in an age of limitless diversification of pressing demands, eating remains one of the few things that we all must do. This venerated act is crucial for cultural continuance and deep spiritual exploration for people all over the world, a practice whose rich appeal and infinite adaptability esteem it a craft for all to enjoy. The delicious epitome of self-care, deliberate preparation of whole ingredients is the antidote to thoughtless consumption of mass-produced, ultra-processed foods, whose impersonality and generally unhealthy nature worsen physical and mental well-being (Lin et al., 2018). The benefits of spending quality time in the kitchen, alone or with others, permeate myriad aspects of life: by choosing to cook, one is 'unplugging to plug back in' by engaging with a simple, mindful practice to restore personal and familial health, build connections and instill a strong sense of community, preserve ethnic heritage, challenge a growing dependency on corporations, and fix our broken food system."
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Date Created
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02/15/2022
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Creator(s)
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Addy Zenko
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Audience
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All audiences/General public
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Rights
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This photo and text were accessed on 06/08/2023 at https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/enr3470studentbook/chapter/the-kitchen-as-a-classroom-recipe-to-unearth-lifes-simple-values/.
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Issues
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Farms, Food, and Gardens
