Food As A Language of Love

 

Food goes beyond being a means of sustenance. It brings people together. It fosters bonds of love, care and kindness. “The way to man’s heart is through his stomach, said somebody and thus wrote my Father to my mother, “Your every dish is a poem," in a recipe book that he gifted to her.

How does food create a language of love?

§  Cooking Together – Preparing a meal with someone, whether it is parents cooking together or parents and children or siblings or friends or newlyweds - Amidst the cleaning chopping and stirring, a rapport is built and bonds are strengthened.

§  Sharing meals – Family meals spread positive vibes and bring the family closer. Leaving behind or even sharing the rants of the day, family come together to share and bond over food. It is also an opportunity to thank the one who prepared the meal which is often the mom.

§  Cultural connection – Food celebrates cultural diversity. The lunch hour in workplaces resembles a restaurant with different cuisines to relish. I fondly recall the school lunch hour where we ate from each other’s lunch boxes meals so lovingly prepared by our mothers. Devilled eggs, Jhaal Muri and endless cups of tea were among the food items over which we created and strengthened our bonds of friendship in the college. 

§  Occasions – Birthdays anniversaries, and milestones all call for celebration and what is a celebration without food? Food may be an integral part of a memorial service celebrating the departed's life. As a birthday remembrance, a lunch was organised to celebrate the life and times of my recently departed mother–in–law who incidentally, cooked some awesome food.

§  Comfort food – Comfort food may not always be healthy but it is connected to love and warmth that you may be in dire need at some point in your life. 

Food is therefore a fantastic language that speaks of love in so many different ways.  

 

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