Cooking with MrsK

Food is the only beautiful thing that truly nourishes

Richard Gere

I was 17 when the movie Autumn in New York was released, and Richard Gere- playing a well-known chauvinistic New Yorker that worked as a glamourous restaurateur- said that line. And while I don’t remember much about the movie (I had to look up the title), except it being overly romantic (yeah, I’m a sucker) and about a chef (Gere) falling for a girl (Winona Ryder) who was not really his type (and much younger), that line stuck with me. Simply, because I agree. Nothing else in the world can do or become what food can. It was also around this age that I was apprenticing to become a red-seal chef, so the line had a bit more meaning, but though the career never panned out (due to life circumstances), I never forgot that line, my love of cooking, or what I’d learned.

But my love for cooking started before then, in a dilapidated old house, with bare cupboards and nothing to spare. Knowing hunger inspired creativity, and by the time I was well into high school, I could make a three-course meal from nothing but random ingredients.

Do it with Love

Most of us know how to cook at least one thing. Even if it’s from a box. It’s a task that is necessary for living. For some, it’s a hated chore and for others, cooking is a time-wasting hobby. But for me, cooking is a display of love. A well-prepared meal takes time and patience and, above all else the desire to do it well. I think it could be a love language all its own.

I’ve written before about my love for food, as well as my career in the culinary arts. But I haven’t written about the get immense satisfaction I receive from seeing others enjoy a meal I’ve prepared. To know that those who eat my cooking leave the table not only with a full belly, but with a feeling of having had an experience gives me a fulfilling sense of accomplishment. It only seems obvious that cooking would become a part of mine and Mister K’s dynamic.

Cooking and D/s

Even before our D/s dynamic, I was the main person to cook, simply because it was my “thing”. It’s what I did (at one time professionally) and enjoyed doing. Now that Mister K and I are in a 24/7 dynamic, it’s part of my daily tasks.

If someone were to shadow me for a day, I think they’d say I spend most of my time in the kitchen. As homeschoolers, we give the kids a bit of a sleep in, so the early mornings are fairly quiet and we can have some time for ourselves and our dynamic.

At the stove, in hardly more than a pair of panties (a t-shirt if it’s cold), and my favourite apron, I’ll ask him what he craves that morning. More often than not, he’ll ask for eggs (farm fresh), sunny side up, with some double toasted bread (whole-grain and home baked) on the side. Sometimes I’ll surprise him with a few pieces of bacon (my favorite) or a sausage link (his favorite) and sometimes he’ll surprise me and decide his breakfast should be me (guess who’s favorite that is?).

After I make his lunch, we’ll sit together and discuss the day’s plans. Mister K will give me my daily tasks, decide what I will be cooking for dinner and then get ready for his day. Then we’ll say farewell and he’ll be on his way, calling again on his lunch hour to check in.

Dinner is served at 7, never late, never early (unless planned in advance). And each day at that time (or pretty damn close to), Mister K will take his seat at the table. On lucky days, we’ll even have dinner by ourselves, where we can have a bit more fun (click the link under this image to read more about that).

Baking is Cooking, right?

But I don’t just cook. I Bake too. Baking is a completely different science from cooking. If chefs have patience, bakers are saints. But there’s something to be said for a loaf of freshly baked bread, or a pie made from scratch.

I spend the majority of every Sunday baking bread, and other tasty snacks for the week. In December, I spend more time in the Kitchen than anywhere else. Canning, baking, freezing, etc. I organize a cookie exchange each year and even drop some baked goods at the homeless shelter.

From the Ground to the Table

My love for food has become a hobby garden where I grow a large portion of mine and Mister K’s food. Just before harvest, when the garden is full of yellows and red, greens and purples, I get excited at all the delicious things I can soon cook. When you prepare foods fresh from your garden, you really do get to taste the rainbow (a tag line from a popular candy commercial).

More Mmm’s

On my weekly blogging Meme, Mmm Mondays, I add a recipe every week, giving each recipe a kinky name. Things like Sexy Shrimp Scampi, or Cream-Filled Cuck Cakes. Each week is always something different, so if you’re looking for some kinky kitchen inspiration, come and do some cooking with MrsK.

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