Becoming a Food PIMP

It began as a way to keep a loved one really happppy.  She was generous to me and I in turn feed her.  In the process, I discovered I was pretty darn good in the kitchen so good my family member had happly called herself a food whore and I her pimp!  Ok, she already knew she was a food whore..to be fair..but she did say I was HER food pimp, period! 

But today after having an actual meal after a week long illness, at Lido's in Harlem,  I realize something that had already been happening more and more in my kitchen without my putting words to it.  Cooking is not  just about preparing a meal and enjoying  the passionate responds of my foodies orgasmic faces.  It's, about the creative process, a very instinctual, process where you become one with the very meal your creating.
What do I mean?
The tomato, for example, has its own scents, taste and textures, depending, on what kind you use and at what point in its development you are use it. You place the lovely fruit (yes its a fruit), on your cutting board and it waits for you to begin the process of transforming it.   
An intutive line of communication  begins between you and  the tomato.."should I cut you this way or that, should I bake you, saute you?  How will it effect the rest of the meal, how are you preparing it?  What kind of cocktail or wine will be paired with it?  
The meal  becomes a conversation that grows and becomes much larger than a recipe or you.  It becomes  a  quite expression of the creative /creator  in balance and perfect harmony.  It is inspiring and each time you make it, its a little different, but still good.  Like life and art.

AND when you are done and your guest is placing the meal in his or her mouth, if you have done it right , the responds will be silence, followed by moans and faces twisted in ecstasy.  They will want more and if your good to your guest, they will beg for it and if your really really good , they will crown you their very own Food Pimp!






Inspired by:
Lido
2168 Fredrick Douglas Blvd.
Harlem nyc