I like browsing my Australian friend Catalina's Facebook. Her Facebook words are warm and thoughtful, and the most common content is food.
Every few days, she will upload delicious dishes cooked by herself or her husband at home, and attach materials and practices intimately.
To be honest, since I began to pay attention to Katrina's Facebook, the cookbooks of British chef jamie oliver have gradually been shelved by me.
Katrina is a good cook, and so is her husband's cooking.
Last weekend, it was Katrina's birthday, and we were invited to visit her home. After entering the door, Katrina introduced her husband Ian to us. Ian is busy in the kitchen.
At that time, he was wearing an apron and big gloves, and was taking out a delicious and sizzling bacon roll from the oven.
This picture full of fireworks is the best display of love, which makes people convinced.
Katrina is a happy stay-at-home wife and has three children with Ian. She said that in their family, there is an unwritten rule that she is responsible for cooking from Monday to Friday, and on weekends, Ian is a chef at home.
She told me that the kitchen is the warmest corner of their home.
I like the kitchen too. To tell the truth, as a full-time wife, the place where I spend the most time at home is the kitchen.
People often say that the best way to tie a man is to tie his stomach. At that time, I just stabbed my husband in the stomach with a plate of braised pork.
At that time, we were all working in Beijing. Soon after we met, he took me to meet his roommate and his college friend.
His best friend's girlfriend was there that day. We made an appointment to go to our favorite restaurant for dinner, and we had already booked the position in advance, but it coincided with a sandstorm and a gust of wind. At noon, the sky is gray and dark as night.
We two girls didn't want to go out and be attacked by dust, and there was no on-call delivery courier at that time, so we suggested cooking ourselves!
So two men, wearing masks, hurried to the supermarket downstairs and bought vegetables, meat and spices.
Two girls are busy in a simple kitchen with only two stoves. I am in charge of meat dishes, and she is in charge of vegetarian dishes.
After a hurry, a plate of braised pork and scrambled eggs with green beans and tomatoes was served on the table, which attracted two men to marvel.
I still remember that dish of braised pork, which was just stolen from a colleague. It was my second practice, and I smoked a little too much when painting, which didn't sell well. But four hungry people still feel delicious.
Later, my husband told me that it was this unremarkable braised pork that made him sit up and take notice of me, and also made him see the potential of a "good wife" under my weak appearance, and made up his mind to marry her home one day.
Today we have been married 1 1 year. That braised pork has also become a must-have dish for the wedding anniversary every year, witnessing the eleven years that they have been together.
Cooking is something I enjoy very much. It is my proudest happiness to cook a steaming delicious meal for my wife and family.
Two years ago, when we moved to Sydney and bought the house where we live now, the only room we started to renovate was the kitchen in our new home.
This newly-built house, under the careful maintenance of the former owner's wife, is well maintained and can be moved in when it is decorated.
However, the color of the solid wood cabinets in the kitchen is dark oak, and some of them are rather dull, which is not in line with the style of our overall furniture. So we spent some time asking people to repaint the cabinets in beige, knock out the kitchen tiles and replace them with solid wood floors.
The transformed open kitchen is brighter and neater. When cooking in the kitchen every day, through the whole row of windows, you can see children chasing and playing in the backyard or playing in the living room, with a cheerful mood.
If home is a harbor of one's soul, the kitchen is a bright light in this harbor.
This lamp, with the fragrance from the kitchen, can point out the direction for family members even in the dark, so that no matter how far they go, they can have food to think about and sweetness to keep.
Home should be the place where his family can rest and recharge after a day away from home, and the fragrance floating from the kitchen is exactly where he belongs.
Cai Lan, a Hong Kong gourmet, has eaten all over the world, but he is obsessed with the "drunken crab" cooked for him by his mother in his childhood.
He said that he went to so many places and looked for delicious food everywhere, but the dishes cooked by his mother when he was a child were the most memorable.
How much you love him and your family, and cooking your own food is the best proof.
A few years ago, when I visited a friend's new house, I was surprised to find that they didn't have a kitchen.
Asked why, the girl told me: no one in our family can cook, so after getting the house key, we transformed the kitchen into a storage room.
It turns out that two young people have three meals a day, either at their parents' home or in a restaurant outside, and it has never been hot at home. Their children, grandparents and grandparents take turns to take care of them.
A home without fireworks can't warm a man's stomach and tie his heart. A few years later, I was not surprised to hear that the man was having an affair and the two men were torn apart by divorce.
Another friend, and her boyfriend, Dink, advocated that they should live in the world to the end and not be prepared to have children.
I met my parents-in-law before I got married. When they put forward Dink's idea, they were very nervous and worried that the old man would not understand.
Who knows, the enlightened mother-in-law not only agreed, but also comforted them and said, it doesn't matter, as long as you think clearly, we support your decision.
But at that dinner table, her mother-in-law made a special request to them. She said:
This wise mother-in-law actually talked about the root of the problem.
The warmth brought by home is not only because there are people at home, but also because of how people at home get along and interact.
In the past, when I was at the Theatre, I remember a sentence that was sung like this: "You don't need picturesque scenery to enjoy prosperity, you need to follow Qi Mei's example and have rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea."
As the saying goes: seven things to open the door, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea. These seven things are all related to the kitchen. These simple seven words express the essence of life with simple and popular kitchen supplies.
How many couples begin with passionate love, but end up with dismal breakup. Their love, without winning time, was lost in the daily life of daily necessities.
Only those who are willing to pay for each other will take the initiative to roll up their sleeves and cook with steaming meals to comfort their hunger and fatigue.
Two people, no matter how crazy they love at first, no matter how dazzling and luxurious they love, live at home when they get married.
These days, including three meals a day, one dish and one soup, your care for your family is reflected in your kitchen and the soup you have carefully prepared for your family.
Jacques Pépin Pei is a famous French chef. He has published several cookery books and devoted his life to promoting food. He has been calling on people to go back to the kitchen and eat at their own tables.
He said: Eating around the dining table at home is what a family looks like. The time spent in the kitchen with my family is the best memory of the whole family.
Huang Lei, a model of a good man in the entertainment circle, why is he called a good man? Not because he has the intelligence of a divine operator, nor because he has superb acting skills, but because of his "yellow kitchen" label.
It is an acknowledged fact that Huang Lei can cook.
In Where's Dad Going, he is a good father of a fireman who can cook. As long as any father can be with Huang Lei, the dinner will be solved.
In one episode, while Yang Wei was still struggling with how to use the ingredients, Huang Lei's braised pork rice had been cooked.
In "Life I yearn for", Huang Lei, as a chef, needs to meet the changeable ordering requirements of visiting guests. Whether it is vegetarian hot pot, four-party ball, scallion cake, pasta or hamburger, he is handy, and his cooking skills can be seen.
Outside the program, he also enjoys the home atmosphere of pots and pans, rice, oil and salt. Weibo's home-cooked dishes are unattractive, which proves his identity as a good man, loves his wife and family, and deserves it.
One day, he wrote in Weibo:
What did he prepare for his love dinner that night?
To tell the truth, Huang knows the truth that "if you love her, you must fatten her up".
When Sun Li was pregnant, Huang Lei gave up her job to take care of her at home and cook for her. Results Sun Li gained nearly 60 Jin during her pregnancy. "It's all Huang Lei's fault. He can cook, and his breakfast, lunch and dinner are different, "Sun Li later recalled.
There is a saying in Wang Leehom's song: Every bit of rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea is sprouting happiness.
Affection is a kind of love, and to make this love last, it is a home that can set off fireworks in the kitchen.
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