While everyone is still beginning to create a focus for their blogs, let us turn our thoughts and keyboards to that which is the most important part of our topics.
Consider the matter which, without it, your entire subject is rendered meaningless.
Consider the essence of your subject.
Let me give an example:
The Essence of Cooking
Culinary mastery, arriving at a profound understanding of flavor and texture combinations, would be nothing without the simple matter of fact that it is important to enjoy even the necessary things we do in life.
One of France’s most famous chemists, Hervé This, said, “We eat only what we know, which may be a primeval urge meant to protect us from danger, but it is also irrational. People waste huge amounts of energy by failing to cook rationally.”
Though we need food to live, it is creativity in the midst of our meal creation that makes the act of cooking something special to humans. Therefore, it is important to master this ability to cook well if we want to fully engage in our humanity.
What constitutes “good” food?
How do different cultures define themselves with their cuisine?
What, if any, are the over-arching patters that unite different cultures in their cooking?
These are the questions we will explore in this post, in order to capture the essence of what it means to master the art of cooking.
“Cooking for someone,” This notes, “is a way of telling them, ‘I love you.’”
Quotes taken from “Food, Glorious Food” at New Scientist online and “The Father…” at wired.com.
This begins to explain why and how food is important. A complete post would deal with the rest of those questions.
Hervé This is an expert in the field of molecular study of food.
Who are the experts in your field of study? What do they say about the essence of your field? Why do they care? Rarely is an expert 100% correct; but quite often they understand the core principles of their field better than the rest. This is what gives them a deep-seated passion for that study.
- Compose your next post delving in to the essential matters of your subject.
- Make one of your citations a well-recognized expert in the field.
- Your blog will be graded based on parts 1-3, 5 of the rubric.
