Spirituality

24-10-2011

Spirituality is something I find very difficult to completely understand or explain. I guess to me it is somewhat a person's soul and personality and how they view themselves in their world (but I could be wrong). I also believe a key part of spirituality is often a person's culture and/or religion. Famous chef Nigela Lawson (2004) believes when we are cooking "we are both creating and responding to an idea we hold about ourselves, about what kind of person we are or wish to be".

I would not consider myself a hugely spiritual person, however, my culture as a kiwi and a flatmate determine some of what I might cook and what cooking means to me. Like many other kiwi's I enjoy roast veges on a more common basis than just special occasions like many overseas cultures. Therefore roast veges are a common part of the meals that I prepare.


Another culture I am a part of is being a poor student living with poor flatmates we also eat a lot of mince as this is the cheapest meat we can get. Therefore I have made meals such as nachos, burritos, spagetti bolognese, shephards pie etc as I like to mix things up as much as possible despite having the same basic ingredient.
I cannot report back on my cooking this week as this blog is due before my night for cooking, but I am sure my culture, values, beliefs and overall spirituality will again be subconsciously represented to a degree through my meal.