Perhaps these three are the most important ingredients of all. Perhaps more than provenance, organic and all the other components required from soil upwards.
I have always been fascinated by people who can cook from memory without need for assistance from a cook book or a set of instructions. Feeling the way through a dish from beginning to end may seem fool hardy and it indeed requires much skill and knowhow, but the ability to do this is indeed a gift. The magical bringing together of ingredients to form an agreeable combination which is not just palatable but but also brings nourishment and joy to the eye, sole and body.
This is more than training can do this is where real love forms the core of all that is produced and so is also the main component of all endeavour. It raises the bread, it tops the cake, it crisps the crunch, it gladdens the heart and eases the burden.
This is the cooking that occurs at home and which is eaten together at the table. No matter how small or big the family or even if the members are blood relative or friends. What dose matter is the communication and the bonds. The togetherness and the care.