I decided to invite some friends for dinner last weekend.
I love cooking and I love having friends around.
Anyways, I love cooking not only cos it can satisfy all of my senses but also because I found it a very relaxing and therapeutic activity.
Considering that I am living quite stressful weeks, I thought that a couple of cooking sessions could help me! When cooking I switch off all of my connections to the ugly, angry world and I take refuge in the kitchen, my limbo. No pressure, no rush, no screaming, complaining or shouting.. nothing but me my cooking books and a variety of pots, pans, utensils and chopping boards.
So there I was, planning a three course meal: few starters, one main course (lasagne) and chocolate cake for dessert.
And I invited a few people. Once they all agreed to join the feast, I realised that I was the only one who knew all of them. They didn’t know each other. “ I will call it ‘Dinner with strangers’”, I thought.
And it started right in this way. There was an initial feeling of “Who is that one?” or “I already forgot his name!” or “He is good looking..!” but then good music, good wine and of course, good food, changed the dinner with strangers into a night out with friends.
One of my friends at some point, came out and said “Hey, the world tonight is sitting around this table!” and he was right! There was Europe (me and a Spanish guy), Asia (well, one was born in France but has Vietnamese parents and the other was born in the UK but has Pakistani background), Africa (my Moroccan friend) and America (my Brazilian friend). We were missing Oceania and Antarctica, but still, I think we did well!And that is exactly what I like about my friends: none of them comes from the same country. Maybe continent, but that’s fine.
I love cooking and I love having friends around.
Anyways, I love cooking not only cos it can satisfy all of my senses but also because I found it a very relaxing and therapeutic activity.
Considering that I am living quite stressful weeks, I thought that a couple of cooking sessions could help me! When cooking I switch off all of my connections to the ugly, angry world and I take refuge in the kitchen, my limbo. No pressure, no rush, no screaming, complaining or shouting.. nothing but me my cooking books and a variety of pots, pans, utensils and chopping boards.
So there I was, planning a three course meal: few starters, one main course (lasagne) and chocolate cake for dessert.
And I invited a few people. Once they all agreed to join the feast, I realised that I was the only one who knew all of them. They didn’t know each other. “ I will call it ‘Dinner with strangers’”, I thought.
And it started right in this way. There was an initial feeling of “Who is that one?” or “I already forgot his name!” or “He is good looking..!” but then good music, good wine and of course, good food, changed the dinner with strangers into a night out with friends.
One of my friends at some point, came out and said “Hey, the world tonight is sitting around this table!” and he was right! There was Europe (me and a Spanish guy), Asia (well, one was born in France but has Vietnamese parents and the other was born in the UK but has Pakistani background), Africa (my Moroccan friend) and America (my Brazilian friend). We were missing Oceania and Antarctica, but still, I think we did well!And that is exactly what I like about my friends: none of them comes from the same country. Maybe continent, but that’s fine.
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