[ @pepperonitowerask ]

I like cutting the cucumber, the knife slicing the darkness into almost-transparent moons, each with its own thin rim of night. I like smashing the garlic with the flat of steel and peeling the sticky, papery skin from the clove. Tell me what to do. I’m free of will. I carve the lamb into one-inch cubes. I don’t use a ruler, but I’d be happy to. Give me a tomato bright as a parrot. Give me peaches like burning clouds. I’ll pare those globes until dawn. The syrup will linger on my fingers like your scent. Let me escape my own insistence. I am the bee feeding the queen. Show me how you want the tart glazed. I still have opinions, but I don’t believe in them. Let me fillet the supple bones from the fish. Let me pit the cherries. Husk the corn. You say how much cinnamon to spice the stew. I’ve made bad decisions, so I’m grateful for this yoke lowered onto my shoulders, potatoes mounded before me. With all that’s destroyed, look how the world still yields a golden pear. Freckled and floral, a shimmering marvel. It rests in my palm so heavily, perfectly. Somewhere there is hunger. Somewhere, fear. But here the chopping block is solid. My blade sharp.

Sous-Chef trying to stop an insufferable Astraega from dissing cooking, he's an astral creature as old as time that needs to food but who is he to spit on everything else?? You're right buddy, I'd slap the stupid out of him too (and I'd even encourage that). Illustration drawn by our friend XFroggiii as an attack for last year's Artfight! (And hey, we're participating again, if you want to attack us, this is our profile! We're team stardust ;))

[Garlic. I don't know why I have become your sous-chef for this. but don't mind. Wow. Nice squash. Thank you. [ Laughs ]]

Feed the turtle duckies!

Bianca on Cooking with Courtney 😍😍🍲

SOUS-CHEEEEEEEEF [ @pepperonitowerask ]

Ellen Bass