I have always loved to cook, but the skills and the honing of the craft to feel comfortable in what you're serving takes a lot of time. My minestrone recipe was the first time I felt like I had achieved the level of confidence in my cooking ability to allow myself to be given the label of a "good cook." Being a cook for me is not the primary label I identify with, creatively I'm an artist and a writer. But the throughline, and where my passions come together is in the way f