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Without Interruption

May 21, 2008 by Alison

I was in the midst of making a lentil salad a few days ago when my friend Jackie stopped by for an impromptu play date. She brought a small container of left-over chocolate chip cookie dough and suggested that she finish her baking at my house. Without hesitation, I pre-heated the oven in anticipation of an indulgent early afternoon snack. I continued dicing the red, yellow and orange peppers for my lentils and for 45 minutes, we baked, chopped, and tasted together on a day we didn’t have a cooking plan. Although this may seem somewhat unremarkable, Jackie and I were able to finish something together that each of us had begun alone.

The spontaneous time Jackie and I spent in my kitchen prepping and cooking side by side, is an example of the comfort and ease that can result from a mature cooking relationship. I sent Jackie home with a sampling of my lentil salad and a container of homemade dill pickles for her husband to taste test. In return, she left me with a happy, well-nourished toddler with chocolate smeared all over his face.

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About Alison J. Bermack

It all began when I was a child cooking with my dad, the kitchen a magnet for cooking and camaraderie, a refuge from adolescence. I spent countless hours chopping, sautéing and simmering my way through childhood. And now, with three kids of my own, I’m still chopping, but this time through their childhood and often with friends.

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