A Practice in Revision

This is some free writing I did on an oven - a necessary item for home cooking.

An oven - it's the meeting point for chefs and bakers. It's a necessity. Most often you can't make much without one. Sure, you could cook without one, but it's much easier to accomplish more with one. If you don't have one you could have a cold sandwich. But, where did the bread come from? Where was it baked? An oven. You could survive on raw vegetables, and they would be good and nutritious. But, just think how you could enhance them with the stovetop? Sauteed. Boiled. Set around a roast. To go above and beyond with food and its flavors an oven is a necessary item. It is a gateway. A bridge to aroma, to taste. When crossed it is delightful.

Here is my revision...

An oven - the meeting point for chefs and bakers. It's a necessity. Most often you can't make much without one. Sure you could still eat, but you can accomplish so much more if there's one in the room. You could make a cold sandwich, but where did the bread come from? Where was it baked? An oven. You could survive on raw vegetables and they would be good and nutritious. But, just think how you could enhance them with a stovetop? Sauteed, boiled, set around a roast, to go above and beyond with food and its flavors an oven is a necessary item. It is a gateway, a bridge to aroma and taste. And, when crossed it is delightful.