“Get” Cooking and “Get Cooking!”

GET COOKING WITH BILL ST JOHN began as a play on words. The site is essentially many of the hundreds of articles on food, wine, and cooking that I’ve written over the past 43 years. I’ve gathered them here to help you, on the one hand, to “get” cooking (as in “Get it?”).

But, on the other hand, the site as a whole is also exhortatory. I encourage all of us to “Get cooking!” (as in “Let’s!): to cook for our family & friends (even for just ourselves) as a way to focus the mind, slow the pace of the day, and see the beauty of the material world.

So, I’d invite you to scour the site for the words to help you both to “get” cooking, as well as to “Get cooking!” (Use the “Search” button right here on the home page.)

From the top of this home page, you also can click through to read about many of the ingredients that go into the site’s recipes, as well as other global foodstuffs; pick up basic skills, hacks and tips; and watch videos that I’ve done that cover all these topics.

I particularly am fond of the history of foods and have an entire section devoted just to that. Plus, the Wine section is as complete a guide “book” to the world of wine as I think you might find anywhere in any medium.

A seventh section, “Ask Bill, answers your questions sent in, so keep them coming (but also, see note below). Here’s one from last year that asks for a recommendation of extra virgin olive oil from among grocery store brands.

So, BSJ here to help you “get” cooking and to encourage all of us to “Get cooking!” Cheers.

Until March 19, I am traveling to India and will be unavailable to respond to your emails or to your “Ask Bill” questions sent in. I hope to bring back some delicious recipes from India, the food of which I have enjoyed cooking for years, but a place I yet have never visited.