Re-opening the cafe

Today the cafe re-opens. I have missed cooking. Most of all, I have missed cooking and then writing about cooking.  During the last 5 years I have attempted to distance myself from the stove and the oven, keeping distracted with higher education and my husband’s business. The truth is I was burned out – on food, on cooking (profession & personal) and wondering if there was something else I was supposed to be doing with my life. I went to graduate school,  got a whole bunch of new hobbies (painting, drumming, didge playing, aromatherapy, etc.) and generally felt depressed and a little lost most of the time. This past weekend I was exposed to an African word called “nankama”, which means ‘born to do it’.  I realized (or finally accepted) that my nankama is cooking. No matter what I’ve tried to do during these past 5 years I cannot leave behind the label of “cook”, it is my nankama. And so…the cafe reopens. ~ Joely

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