The most vital ingredient in cooking ...

Cooking is an art, at the very least.

The art of picking and selecting, preaparing and processing, and serving up the most wholesome and succulent recipes; which are, in other words, a harmonious mix; of ingredients.

Ingredients play a vital role in determining the palatability of the product of the cooking act. They have to be carefully chosen, pre-processed and mixed in proper proportions so that the recipe under making attains its full vitality.

What is, or could be, the most vital ingredient in cooking? The one which can, by it's sheer magic, turn even an under average product into a tasty dish? The silver bullet in the chef's arsenal? 

What could it be? pepper? garlic? parseley? cloves? ... na, nothing of the sort. 

It is, love.

Love, for her who is gonna taste the dish. Love, that wants to make her go 'mmm...'  with the first mouthful. Love, that likes her to lick her fingers in total satisfaction. Love, that yearns to make her smile.

Love tenders the spices, adjusts the thickness, restores the flavour and heals the recipe.

The silver bullet in the chef's arsenal that, by its sheer magic, can turn an under average product into a tasty dish.

That love, is the most vital ingredient in cooking. 

:-)