Design

I am willing to bet that almost no one thinks of cuisine when they think of art. However it is increasingly an art form. From the way it is cooked to the way it is presented, cooking is an art.

 I bet this trend is so recent because cooking has never been considered a leisurely activity . Cooking is mostly seen as a tedious task that has to be done in order to eat, but is never enjoyed. It is seen as a chore that takes a long time to do and is a daily nuisance, a necessity like brushing your teeth or taking a shower.  In ancient times, the most work went in to getting one's food, because one either had to hunt down and kill their pray or scavenge for a few berries growing to the wild. Thus, hunters and gatherers would have to move camp every time the food supply began to be depleted.  When farming came along, the task of obtaining food became easier. Cultivating food became even easier as animals became domesticated and staple crops were increasingly modified to aid to humans in the ease of gathering them.

So food became less of the only thing one would make daily, making room for artisan crafts. However, food still took the majority of one's time. Over the centuries, there have been in advances in machines and food preparation. In the 1950s, a way to freeze food was invented and in came decades of TV dinners and other ways to make the process of cooking easier, which we are still suffering from today. So even though many still see it as a chore, I think that food programming and food play have finally seeped into our consciousness and we see food preparation as a potentially fun activity and less of a chore. We need to fix the trend of microwave meals and frozen foods of the 1950s; we do not want TV dinners, however this is that these of food preparation has their loud that go moms to shine. Also there has been our oxymoronic obsession with health. This means that more and more people are looking up how to prepare fresh meals at home that will aid in their health go.

A few weeks ago, I visited the food history exhibit at the national Museum of American history and learned something that has really been cast in shadow.  Apparently the food move the local food movement really started at Woodstock.

 Like many artists, chefs want a product that is pleasing to the senses, and is also an expression of oneself.

My grandma always said, “Presentation is half the battle.”

Cooking and the presentation of it is especially good at teaching color theory.

I have also lately made a habit of plating everything in tea cups. It looks super pretty and gives to smaller portions.