When I'm writing, I'm preparing a meal for the reader. I cut out important quotes, chop the information into notes, and sometimes fry the opinions I deem wrong. Sometimes, someone fries my opinions.
Believe it or not, I like that, because pain is information. Although getting roasted feels painful, good critique is invaluable for personal growth.
Jotting down an idea when you got struck with unexpected jolt of inspiration feels just as good as finding that rare fruit you could not find in any local grocery. You can almost feel the taste of an exotic salad you wanted to prepare so long ago!
It always feels nice to prepare the info-meal when you have all your ingredients organized. Pinned tabs, bookmarks, Pinterest boards, and even downloads are all ways for us to copy the information we want. It always feels good to search your own stashes if they are organized well. And let's be honest, finding that obscure meme in your Downloads folder right when you need it feels very close to surprising everyone with a bottle of fine wine at party. Losing your ingredients feels just as bad - that's why we conserve the pickles and tomatoes. That's why we preserve rare books, games, and movies. That's why link rot is called so.
Just like with cooking, most of the magic is in spontaneous creation. When you know what and how to write, you are usually happy to write, and if you are in mood, your writing becomes something extravagant. Tasty meal, just like well-written piece, brings smile to the moment.
Food can drain and saturate, bring appetite for what's next or kill it, feel bitter or overly sweet, surprise or disappoint, and even make you laugh. So can a blog entry - you don't even need a separate set of words to describe how the writing tastes.
In restaurants, especially fast-food ones, meals look beautiful in social media but rarely taste well. Usually, meals there are one of those: too vanilla for their look, overpriced, or just outright bad. I can say same thing about top seller books and major news outlets.
Maybe, you already know it, but consuming bad food can be unhealthy - you can catch diarrhea, vomit, or outright die due to poisoning or obesity. Any junk, misleading information, not just writing, can cause similar symptoms.
You can cook your meal in many ways: there is boiling, frying, chopping, mixing, blending, and it's overwhelming at first. Writing is one of many ways to cook information, too.
