The next generation of great writers will need to supplement routine language with cooking terms. Conventional plot elements must give way to epicurean concepts.
Romantic buildup is a slow marinade, while character development is a thorough deglazing.
They hung out and ate avocados and turned the living room into a big bed. Baste She basted me with science. She beat me with her heavy fist. She boiled me, like a potato. She broiled me like a different potato.