Food for thought

For once I have managed to think of a title which perfectly sums up what my blog is (hopefully) going to be about- the comfort of cooking.
With things looking very glum in the life of a Liliana (mother having chemotherapy, exams looming, disastrous relationships with members of the opposite sex), I came home on Friday afternoon and began to bake.

To be honest I am not really quite sure what prompted me into this highly uncharacteristic endeavour.. (yes I am aware it is on my profile, but that was really more the IDEA of baking than actually doing it..). As I cracked eggs, measured flour and melted butter, I felt an overwhelming sense of comfort, contentment and divine domestic deityness...

Perhaps it is the fact that nothing can really go terribly wrong when you are baking. Sure, your souffle can cave in or you can open the flour at the wrong end and turn your kitchen floor into a winter wonderland for your cat... but nothing earth shatteringly terrible can..
(at least it hasn't happened to me yet)

There is also the suspense of "will this work out" and "just how pudgy will i get from this 400g of butter", not to mention the incredible feeling of satisfaction at the end when you take a loving bite of brownie and don't drop down dead. It's quite a bonus too really that the kitchen will smell lovely and chocolatey for few hours as well.
Perhaps coming back to the nice image of a lady in her kitchen, mastering her domain is part of what makes baking such a friendly activity. For generations women have claimed the kitchen as 'their' territory... and despite that fact my school is radically feminist I am proud to say that I am happy to live in the kicthen once in a while and bake.
I like having magnets on the fridge, flour on the floor and a cat sitting in my sink :)

So to get to the real point of this blog: while going out can be incredibley fabulous too, it's not so bad once in a while to act homeyish and bake some brilliant brownies for your equally fabulous friends.

If anyone wants the recipe by the way, just ask so I can scout around for it and put it up in another exciting blog post- teehee..
And now to continue procrastinating!

Love
Liliana xoxo