Most things that take a long time to make can be enjoyed for a long time too. Like a book with many pages or a big house. But food isn’t like that. What takes hours is gone in a moment. Knowing that I took all that time just for a few minutes of pleasure – my pleasure – well, it shows how deserving I think the person eating it is. I’ve always known how to say I love you with food, and by making this food, and making the effort to do all the parts of the recipe that are normally quite boring and time-consuming, I was saying ‘I love you’ to myself. I love you. I love you. I love you. I will try
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