Take a bump.
Take two.

>Get the cream sauce.
>Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar.
>Go somewhere you’ve never been.
>Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you.
>Order the steak rare.
>Eat an oyster.
>Have a negroni.
>Have two.
>Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways.
>Eat slowly.
>Tip your server.
>Check in on your friends.
>Check in on yourself.
Enjoy the ride.

Sear a chicken breast, but don't eat it. Make a roux, but don't stir it. Parboil a potato, but don't mash it. Order a negroni, drink it, but don't taste it. Half the fun of cooking is the process. Just like eating out a hooker and winding up staring in a cracked bathroom mirror at 5am with herpes on your mouth. Cook, but don't eat. Eat with your eyes.