And Now, Your Moment of (Cooking) Zen

[boondocker]

Oh also sharpening knives.

How could I forget that. Über zen!

agree 100%

Also, Butchery and making any sort of hollandaise

Edited February 4, 2011 by boondocker (log)

[Special K]

Listening to nothing but the crackle of just baked bread.

Oh, yeah. And to hear it, you have to bend down reeeeeal close, so you get the full effect of inhaling that delicious aroma ...

[Rover]

The zen of stirry, stirry, stir the risotto whilst sipping risotto-stirring wine and listening to the soundtrack of The Big Night.

[therippa]

I loathe doing dishes (no dishwasher or disposal), but once I get going I get them the hell done, and I kind of just zone out. Also, no one knows how to fully use every available inch of my dish drainer quite like I do...

[Chris Amirault]

Stirring the Martinez cocktail I just made.

[Borgstrom]

I loathe doing dishes (no dishwasher or disposal), but once I get going I get them the hell done, and I kind of just zone out. Also, no one knows how to fully use every available inch of my dish drainer quite like I do...

I'm glad I'm not the only one! Once I get into it, I really like working through a huge pile of dirty dishes, pans, tools and ending up with a pristine kitchen/workspace. In an hour you can go from total disaster area to perfection. Must be bringing me back to my first job in a restaurant kitchen many years ago at Glacier NP...

Also:

Oiling a 2" maple cutting board, and seeing it transform into its original, deep-golden self.

Any kind of vegetable prep with scary-sharp knives; especially turning a pile of artichokes like they were butter.

[David Ross]

Cutting butter and Crisco into flour--knowing that it will soon be a beautifully light, flaky, buttery pie crust.