A Recipe as a Mataphor for Conversation

I heard a chef describing a recipe on the radio yesterday.

He described the conversation between each individual ingredient and the conversation the individual ingredients and the whole mixture had with the cook.

Considering each ingredient individually, the mixture might not have been appealing but the tasters raved over the end result!

I've been thinking about this for 2 days: What a beautiful conversation a recipe can be... coming from nothing (no expectations on the part of the ingredients) and interacting with integrity, responsibility and generosity.

I've been practicing communicating like this myself and the results are remarkable. The conversations are very interesting and take unexpected turns and the result is, more often than not, delicious.

Would you like to try it? How about a taste?

MSS