The " COOKING " Metaphor

 

Brie Cheese with Walnut & Resin Bread Assembly

Brie cheese pair well with dried fruits, nuts and bread usually served in separate components. In my cooking or the assemblage of materials, I have used a ready-made or a prefab that is walnut and resin bread assembly , toast process it on both sides in the oven at 250 degrees C , before applying the brie cheese layer and toast process the final assembly again.

 Painting

An example of the cooking metaphor usage is the painting process or artwork making process where layers of materials and meanings are assembled together.

 

Software Coding

Yet another example of the cooking metaphor usage can be in software coding where a variety of coding snippets from various coders can be assembled together to serve a higher purpose program.

Syntax

Common syntax 1: " I have created the codes. " this is misleading as the coder does not create the coding language eg C# but only using the codes by organizing and assembling it . What the coder actually creates is the function or application using C# coding language.   

Common syntax 2: " I have cooked up a story." meaning the story is bullshit. 

Proposed syntax 3: " I have cooked up the codes. "  even though adding the preposition "up" implied bullshit but overall makes a better read.

Proposed syntax 4: " I have cooked up the painting." this means the artist merely assemble or reorganize the art materials and concepts/meanings using a painting process. What the artist really create is a visual experience.

Metaphor

The cooking metaphor can be used to give a procedural description of the Ideation or Creative Process in conjugation with the use of terms "assemblage" , "process" and "prefab" .

 

How to Cook People ?

Can I extend the cooking metaphor on people ?

Proposed syntax 4: " I have cooked up John."

This could mean "I have size John up." or " I have form a virtual assembly of John, his behaviors and desires , in short I know what makes John tick or I know John's language. The "product" here is more sinister and scheming , it could be served to John in a dish , a form of flavored text and gesture in order to influence him to action or non-action.