Friday, April 10, 2009

F2: Cooking Inspirations

Welcome again to Friday's Feast. Today I'll be talking about my inspirations for cooking and my logic behind how I list them in my recipe posts. If you don't know what Friday's Feast is all about, please read the Friday's Feast page for a more detailed explanation. If you want to join in on the feast, be sure to leave a comment and include the URL to your post so I and others can know of your contribution.


For those that read my post on Inspiration and Motivation, you know that many things inspire us to do something— cooking is no exception. So often I pick up an idea from something that I eat and that inspires me to create a dish. I may know someone who is struggling with a dietary change such as being a vegetarian— and want to give them something that they can make themselves. I may have a childhood dish that I remember eating and recreate for my family. Other times I may be cooking with someone and get the recipe from them— or even derive a recipe from cooking that dish. So, in order to give credit where credit is due— I will indicate my inspirations in the recipes that I post.

Given that many people are not as public as I am— they may not feel comfortable if I mention their name in a post. So, in order to get around this I tend to give the person a nickname using my nickname naming conventions so that they can have the credit, but without the direct exposure.

So now when you look at a recipe post of mine you will see who I acknowledge as the inspiration for my recipe. Some you can derive who it is from the explanation in the post— while other times it is only between myself and the inspirer. You can ask… but I may not tell you who it is out of respect for their privacy.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I posted about our Easter dinner menu. I think it's more interesting than that sounds. But maybe not. I've never done a food post before.

Unknown said...

I usually come across something at a restaurant and decide to try to make it. Or often I am inventing things because I am out of an ingredient for something else.

When I visit your blog, I get a craving for jelly beans.

shiva said...

its a good and interesting menu

Lori said...

Often times when I eat something that I really like, I will go home and try making it myself. Sometimes these creations don't turn out but often times they actually do. Recently, I had Meditrainian Pizza and then made it at home a week later and my family loved it!

Mama Wheaton said...

I need to be more creative and take a step out of the norm at our house.

Claremont First Ward said...

I love your nickname naming conventions. :)

Deb said...

am i missing something or is are you cheating? this is clearly not about food.

but i do like your identity protection program!

Unknown said...

I sent you an email with details for the other site.

Thanks
momof2squirts@yahoo.com
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SweetPeaSurry said...

Well ... for pete's sake. I keep forgetting about Friday's Feast. Sheesh ... I'm re-linking myself when I 'actually' post an FF! I'm putting a reminder in my BBERRY as I type, or will ... yeah ... hold on. Okay ... entered with 2 days notice. I've been a horrible FF blogger. Please forgive.

Ohh ... very good post this week. I'm usually just motivated by the Food Network. *grins*

Erin said...

For some reason I thought Friday's Feast was about recipes. I'm glad I read the instructions a little better!

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