Goodbye

I am sad the postings have now come to the end. I really enjoy cooking and participating in this activity more than two hours a week, and will continue to do so. I have realised how much cooking means to me and can now identify ergonomics, affordances, labour, work, practical considerations and need for occupation in relation to my activity cooking.

Thank you for reading my blog,

See you next time J

Comments:

Unfortunately I still cannot upload my comments. The comments cannot be posted on to their blog due to a software problem. So have written the comments on one of my postings and have told informed them of this.

Leigh Millward

Emma McKeown

Kylie Crowley

Jessica Cooper

References Contributed to Cooking

Oldfield (2008) states that “It is not how much you do, but how much love you put into the doing” (p. 5). This quote relates to what I was talking about in the ‘need for cooking’ post, as well as my other posts. I simply am a strong believer in cooking for fun as I find I put a lot more time and effort in to it. I seem to love everything about cooking if there are no particular time pressures. Oldfield simply explains cooking in a way which I can relate. She simply said that it doesn’t matter how much cooking you do, which I can relate to as I do not do a lot of cooking myself when I am at home due to Dad being the king of the kitchen and wouldn’t give cooking up as he loves it. This shows that I am not the only one who loves cooking in our family.

According to Johnston (2003), “baking for and with others can be highly satisfying and will build life long memories for the recipients of your offerings; and that sharing food with family, friends, colleagues and neighbours helps build stronger communities and can contribute a little to the mental health of our society.” (p. 6) I enjoy cooking meals for everyone. I love listening to what they say about the meal and usually it is very positive. This makes me excited and gives me confidence to cook bigger and better meals. Johnston sums up what I feel. I simply enjoy giving away food and sharing food with others.

References

These are the references I have used throughout my blog postings:

Arendt, H. (1958). The human condition (2nd ed.). Chicago: Chicago University Press.

Caulton, R., & Dickson, R. (2007). What's going on? Finding an explanation for what we do. In J. Creek, & A. Lawson-Porter, Contemporary issues in occupational therapy. (pp. 87-114). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Green, T. F. (1968). Work, leisure and the American schools. New York: Random House.

Hagedorn, R. (2000). Tools for practice in occupational therapy: A structures approach to core skills and processes. London: Churchill Livingstone.

Johnston, A. (2003). A second helping. Auckland: Penguin Group.

Oldfield, N. (2008). Gran's kitchen. Auckland: Beatnik

Sunderland, J. (2011). Participation in occupation: BT230001 [Lecture notes]. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago Polytechnic, Department of Occupational Therapy.