From Las Dos Gildas, the unrelenting bond that food nurtures

From Las Dos Gildas Blog

Just a few days ago, our friend Gilda Claudine over at lasdosgildas.com offered a piece on comfort foods. I guess many of us remember such foods in many different tastes and textures. Perhaps we are so fond of them because they represent a bounty of sorts:  a bounty of time given deliberately in preparation of a special treat for the sheer pleasure it brings, a bounty of contentment and the simple elation of sharing that feeling with those most dear and close to you. 

In her most recent post, Food is Bond,  Ms. Gilda Claudine warmly articulates:

Most incontrovertible is how food binds us to each other on an intimate level.  So-called “comfort foods” remind us of our childhoods when we felt safe, perhaps enveloped in a grandparent’s affection.  Sometimes the dishes we prepare remind us of loved ones we’ve lost, their once palpable enthusiasm for a homemade meal now relegated to a bittersweet memory.

When we spend the day kneading dough together or drawing a new family member closer by sharing an old family recipe.  When we puzzle over a recipe and wonder how the art of cooking came so easily to those who came before us.  Well, these are the ways in which we deepen our relationships with one another and uphold our traditions.  Food lies at the heart of it all, as something we need for both physical and spiritual survival.

Enjoy the entire article at: http://dosgildas.com/food-is-bond/