[tayo42]

Heh yeah it sounds nonsensical like that. Ill explain! I mean going beyond average home cooking. Exploring cuisines and history of other cultures. Think more like tied to traveling. Like during the covid lock downs I spent a lot of time learning thai and sichuan cuisines as much as I could. I don't think without actually visiting those places, and spending time there to be immersed, talking to chefs I can never say I really know those cuisines. I cant even reliably get the ingredients in the US.

Also I cant really go train with top chefs in the world and get feedback and learn. Home cooking is a hard thing to share besides glamouring up things for like instagram. I can cook pretty well, probably put together a better meal then most local restaurants, but there's still a large gap between what I can cook and some of the places Ive eaten at just in technique and espcially creativity. I don't think I can close that gap.

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I cant really go train with top chefs in the world and get feedback and learn.

Sabbatical + paid course

Home cooking is a hard thing to share

Invite friends over for dinner!

I don't think I can close that gap.

Those are people who dedicate their whole life to cooking & built a whole business, they are literally the pros. Don’t get down on yourself.

P.S. Thai basil grows great in hydroponics

[tayo42]

Yeah but there are trade offs to these, taking a sabbatical might mean pushing off owning a home or starting a family, or moving out of this apartment that I dont like living in. Or not travelling as much as i would like or advancing in other hobbies.

> they are literally the pros.

But the chances for me to pursue something like that is disappearing.

I need to be more selective about what is important, those other doors and paths in life are closing.