https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/magazine/baking-is-all-in-the-hands.html

For my last food review, I decided to look up something that I have always loved and found and interest in ever since I was a child, and that is BAKING.  My mom has always been a very good cook and that has influenced me a lot to try out and do new food recipes and find the love in baking. I at some point hated baking and cooking and I know some of us could relate to that because I used to think it was not my thing. Just like in the article the author talks about his experience with baking not being so well and as well coming from a family that wasn’t too good at baking either, made him feel kind of like that was not his thing. But just like he had his mother-in-law help him out and open up his eyes allowing him to see the beauty in baking. I had my mom when I would try to bake something and it wouldn’t go as planned and that would always discourage me, until one time I was with my mom and we were baking cookies together and they came out good taste wise but in the way, they look not so much and I was kind of disappointed but my mom taught me that things like this should not discourage me from trying more and more.  In the article after having that moment with his mother in law, she gave him the recipe of the biscuits and he went home and tried out the recipe himself.  I was able to relate a lot to this article because the way he describes the feelings he gets from doing its biscuit is a similar feeling that I get when I make, brownies, cakes, cookies. I think as shown in the article baking can give a person a sense of tranquility and joy to be able to do things for yourself and know that delicious treat you just did was made by you after so many trial and errors you were able to do the treats you love the most just like the author did in the article. I found it really interesting that he as well mentions that as he made the biscuits he practiced meditation while doing it and I have not really thought of this while baking. I did think baking brings you at peace in some scenarios if you know what you are doing, in others, it might become a little frustrating because you might feel like things are not going too well but you need to always keep in mind that baking is a fun experience for you and whoever you make it with. I really enjoyed reading this article because there were many parts I was able to connect to.