The recipe decision

Short journal · Original editorial · Small beginnings

Dinner planning has become a search for a perfect recipe.

A beginning should reveal the work, not merely announce an intention. Shrink the first action until it produces something you can inspect. If the action still feels vague, name its object and its stopping point.

Choose one familiar dish and one small variation.

Leave an easy return path where possible. Changing a method should not require pretending the earlier attempt never existed.