Cooking- A type of art

     Many people might not believe me when I say that cooking is a type of art, but cooking is surely a type of art.  We have this image of art as paintings, drawings or sculptures that artists make, chefs are artists in many aspects and their food is their painting, drawing or sculpture.  Let's take a look at the T.V shows,  Iron Chef and Chopped on the Food Channel.  In Iron Chef, the chefs only have a certain amount of time to create a kind of food that suites the theme that is given and then is judged by the judges of the food's taste and appearance.  It does take some creativity, experience and  knowledge to create something from scratch to something extraordinary and edible.  Just as a painter with only paint and a canvas would create a piece with color and life that would capture our eyes, but in cooking it would capture our eyes, taste buds and smell.  Now take that further, some chefs like the contestants in Chopped have to use very unusual ingredients to create something that is not only phenomenal but has to fit with the foods provided perfectly.  There was one episode where they faced the challenge of cooking with an appetizer basket made up of eels, congealed pig’s blood, candy bats and potato crisps.  Now that takes some real skill and creativity.

     Culinary chefs have to know a lot about food, so that they know what kind of foods would go great with other kinds of foods, they don't master that right away because it takes experience and daring measures to create the perfect pair.  Just as a painter should know the kinds of brush strokes needed to paint, cooking is similar, chefs must learn the different cooking techniques to cook well.  It's the fundamental basics of cooking.  You basically go off of what you know about food and applying it through the different kinds of foods.  It's not easy, chefs are always experiencing with food and trying to get to know more of a particular kind of food.  Every chef is different in the type of food they make and they bring out their own creative dishes which often is unique.
     Chefs are professional cooks, it's their occupation to make food.  You don't have to be a chef to make good food, make what you like and suites you, have fun and get creative with cooking.  Be daring and experiment with foods so you know what you like and what you don't like.