Why I Love This...

Good friends and good food, that, plain and simply, is why i love cooking, why i sweat over the hot stove, why i drive myself scattering about the kitchen like a cracked out weasle. i love the frenzy which is really odd for me, a departure from my natural self dilusion of calm that is actually just laziness. poor babe often laments my maniacal nature in the kitchen so i've been workin' hard to just let the love in, share the load, and not foam at the mouth when someone pitches in. i mean hey, if it's food and friends i love, why not love friends helping to prepare the food? (and yea, the obvious answer is that i just want all the glory and praise... why lie?) so here it is, wrapped up in one great evening, all the things i love about cooking - good food, good friends and just a little bit 'o the warm and fuzzy team work. awww, ain't that sweet? first up, the fruit of the labor: steak (i know, suprising), 2 (not 3 and not 4) baby carrots, and what will henceforth be known as "Leonard's Silk Spuds." second, and of course more importantly, the food and friends, so happy together, a singular visage of the joy i find in it all.