Rice, rice rhythm

Precision in measurement. That which the dish requires is a detail worth fulfilling. An extra ¼ cup of water to stovetop rice and it’ll taste gummy and flavorless.

Cooking, as in life, is a practice of trial and error. The only way to become a better cook is to gain experience. A well-equipped kitchen and thorough recipe is insufficent to putting bones in the goose. 

One can not any taste a poorly executed meal; they can feel it in their whole body. When we’re prepared, and sorrow managed, the synchronicities tend to flow. Cooking rice, like the written word, is a kind of wrestling with freedom. But only after the fact.

Once we get the ingredients down, we develop an inchoate manner of feeling where and when the dish (the story) goes. The microwave is always there to round out the edges.