I was once accused of exceeding the speed limit because an officer, who had *been parked* when I passed him, had to exceed the speed limit in order to catch up with me. I didn't get a ticket.
I view cooking the same way I view having kids; the creative process is fun & messy, overall it's time consuming, laborious, I don't know how the end product will turn out, and yet, I am enriched in ways I cannot fathom.