 What is bright cooking? It's eating based on a connection that you're having with food and intentionality. When I hear people say, oh, that's bright, what does that mean? It usually means like your mouth is happy. There's something that happens in your palate that is like kind of a little explosion, kind of a sparkly thing. To get there, Becerra encourages readers to use her recipes as a foundation rather than an exact roadmap.