In a way food mirrors what you think about it. If you think it tastes like dust, you will buy ingredients without caring, and prepare it without love, and it will taste like dust. If you love food, buy ingredients carefully, and prepare it with attention, your food will taste like ambrosia.

This reminds me of a question JMG asked in Well of Galabes:

what does it imply about the universe if getting closer to reality makes reality more open to change?