Opening

I declare this blog open.

After perfecting my own amazing butter chicken recipe this afternoon, I decided it was high time I shared my recipes with the world. Life is too short not to eat well every day - and it is so easy! However, I do find it hard to restrict myself to a single topic of conversation. Personally, cooking is like a kind of alchemy, and that alchemy is no different to other creative activities I employ to bring about nourishment of my body, mind or spirit. Food, good food, made with the earth in mind, love in heart and sharing in spirit, can and should nourish the entire being that we are. There is such magik in food; anything we add to our bodies brings about a process of transformation and, hopefully creation.

Suddenly I find it difficult to distinguish between such topics as nourishment (food, cooking, recipes), spirituality (magik, meditation, philosophy), creativity (art, sewing, magik), health (herbs, food, medicine, exercise, meditation), relationships (love, sex, dinner parties, sharing)... do you see all the possibilities for cross-overs that I do? To me, sometimes, all of these become the same thing. I struggled to come up with a title for this blog that would encompass all of these topics without it becoming too wordy. Salt is a very powerful word for me which covers much of what I have just mentioned. I do not feel the need to really go into it at this stage.

Suffice to say that salt covers the nourishment stuff; the stuff of the Earth that we reap; the wu wei of the Dao. Paper covers the craftier stuff; the creation; the transformation and alchemy; the process. Kisses are the sweet nectar that make life so pleasant; energetic intimacy and exchange.

Plus it just has a nice ring to it. ;) Welcome to my journey. Come with. <3