Soul food cooking is all about knowing your culinary melodies

Snap, crackle, pop: The sounds of food cooking, like these sweet potatoes frying, is important to getting food to come out perfect. - MCT

Being sensitive to kitchen noise can help you become a better, more intuitive cook.

You expect a kitchen to be noisy. The tap-tap-tap of a knife mincing mounds of fresh herbs. The rhythmic beat of a wooden spoon mixing a batter. Fries sputtering in oil.