Sophie White: Cooking holds medicinal properties, it’s a refuge when I’m trying to process difficult emotions
This is the perfect time to self soothe with some cooking — before the Christmas dinner scuppers us
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"When I decided to bake, I was actually fresh off a conversation with a friend in which she told me she’d been upset by something I’d done some months previously." Photo: Stock image via Getty
I suffered a recent babka-related heartbreak. I was trying desperately to refine a recipe for the sweet bread and at every hands turn, it was stubbornly refusing to prove. Though, if I’m honest, the heartbreak I was suffering pre-dated the babka.
When I decided to bake, I was actually fresh off a conversation with a friend in which she told me she’d been upset by something I’d done some months previously. She wasn’t cruel, she wanted to clear the air. I’d had no idea the air needed clearing. I knew that our friendship would be OK — she’s that kind of wonderful person who has a wellspring of empathy. Still I was angry with myself and ashamed of my behaviour. So I drifted into the kitchen, hoping that making food would encourage me to eat some food. I am a happy eater not a sad eater — when I am upset, the anxiety and sadness seems to fill the hollow where my appetite usually lives.
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