Food is so heavily connected to memory.
It's amazing the relationships you forge in a kitchen. When you cooperate in an environment that's hot. Where there's a lot of knives. You're trusting your well-being with someone you've never before met or known.
Creative risks will always outweigh technical mistakes.
Give yourself enough time to really learn how to cook.
For me no good food is illuminated without acidity.
The best way to learn to cook is to do some serious eating.