Verklempt - 'choked with emotion'
This is where I get to release my journey with food from eclectic and stylised places near home and abroad. I am feeling all choked up. My aim with 'Leek in the Boat' is to offer a bite of nostalgia that imprints into the memory like only food can do, enticing people to want to return again and again, to share in the experience great food offers.
Jasper is a stone of physical strength and energy, Red Jasper stimulates gently and steadily, enhancing stamina and endurance, and increasing the amount of chi, or life force, in one's aura. It is a stone of health and passion. The right food cooked with passion does this to some degree too, if you choose well. Follow the jasper and me over the land and sea. I am passionate about cooking, the science of food, dining out, travel and writing, where I aim to highlight those who live for all quality food offers.
Join the foodie passion trail by sending your favourite places to eat out, markets or food events, or perhaps your favourite recipes to share at info.leekintheboat@gmail.com, with those who also seek more from the intense array of gustational delights available for us to choose from. Other posts listing places that create a mark in your gastronomie psyche will continue to be rolled out, with the goal of encouraging you to step out of your comfort zone and discover what passionate foodie souls have prepared for you to try in cafes, restaurants, coffee bars, wineries, gastro-pubs, street stalls, markets and tasty events in the most surprising locations.
The best part I love to uncover is how locally sourced ingredients are integrated with inventive takes. We support local, organic and free-trade choices when the quality is what I am searching for. The sustainability of suppliers are major factors in my selection of what venues to take the taste test with. I am also continuously searching for those teams which are setup with a focus of the future, theirs and the community, as well as the environment, which they and we collectively depend upon. I search for those with a long term focus where their strategies are supported by sound foundational decisions and structures which stand out, and where the owners really sync with their patrons. Check out the market list to discover where you can find quality local produce for your cooking adventures. Or, where you can just take time out to enjoy some of the simple delights of simplistic and wholistic cooking, where you too will want to just savour the moment. A range of recipes will be added for you to just have a go. Cooking is about embracing the moment and being present in all you do, allowing you to escape from the day's intensity, either letting yourself relax or letting someone do the cooking for you.
