A fun story from the ABA this week and yes we concur cooking can be very therapeutic as long as you aren’t cooking for fussy children or partners every night!
He has created an Instagram account, @_esquireeats_, where he regularly posts photos of his dishes for a wider audience. A graphic designer friend created his logo, which is a cartoon version of Wilson wearing both a suit and a chef’s uniform. Some of his early creations had law-related names, such as chicken caprese per curiam and 5th Amendment wings.
Wilson mentioned in one of his posts that he turned his “passion for cooking into therapy to make it through the ‘uncertain and unprecedented times.’” He says he continues to encourage other people, especially lawyers, to take their mental health seriously.
“We work in one of the most stressful professions that there is out there, and we always have to find things that make us happy and that are fulfilling or rewarding to us,” says Wilson, who also serves as the diversity and inclusion director for the ABA Young Lawyers Division. “Mine just happens to be cooking.”
Wilson introduces young lawyers to cooking through virtual classes
Wilson’s first cooking class featured his Creole shrimp pasta. Photo provided by Darryl Wilson.Shortly after Wilson created Esquire Eats, some of his friends and colleagues in the YLD caught wind of the account and began asking him to lead a cooking class.
Although Wilson says he wasn’t sure if he was quite “Top Chef material,” he agreed to teach attendees of the YLD and Section of State and Local Government Law’s joint virtual spring conference how to make his Creole shrimp pasta last April.
His one-hour class received such positive reviews that he volunteered to host another one at the YLD’s virtual fall conference in November. That time, he offered a longer (90-minute) class during which he talked attendees through putting together a full meal with chicken marsala, garlic mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach.
Wilson enjoyed both experiences but says he wants to overcome a few obstacles associated with teaching remotely from his own kitchen.
Read the full story at https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/darryl-wilson-shares-love-of-cooking-with-others-during-covid-19-pandemic?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
