Posted on 09/04/2014 1:11:30 PM PDT by EveningStar
The home-cooked meal has long been romanticized, from ’50s-era sitcoms to the work of star food writer Michael Pollan, who once wrote, “far from oppressing them, the work of cooking approached in the proper spirit offered a kind of fulfillment and deserved an intelligent woman’s attention.” In recent years, the home-cooked meal has increasingly been offered up as the solution to our country's burgeoning nutrition-related health problems of heart disease and diabetes. But while home-cooked meals are typically healthier than restaurant food, sociologists Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott, and Joslyn Brenton from North Carolina State University argue that the stress that cooking puts on people, particularly women, may not be worth the trade-off.
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My first thought was that someone was buried upside down and they built a fire on top of them ... But that seemed less likely ;-)
just sayin'
“Family Dinner = Priceless”
Absolutely.
Wife, youngest daughter and I eat dinner together 5-6 nights a week. Sometimes homecooked, sometimes carryout, sometimes a restaurant. We miss the oldest daughter but she’s with her soldier husband...we generally text her before or after the meal.
I wouldn’t trade the family time for anything.
Dinner at home is quality time. And with a little imagination, you can cook up great food accompanied with great wine at very reasonable prices. What’s not to like about that!
As I write, I’m working on a nice appetizer and a glass of fine wine before the main meal. Beats the chain restaurants by a mile.
Hey sociologists Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott, and Joslyn Brenton, that sandwich ain’t gonna make itself!
“Q: What if Mary had taken Plan B after the Lord filled her with his hot, white, sticky Holy Spirit?
A: You’d have to justify your misogyny with another ancient mythology”
-Amanda Marcotte, Blogger extraordinaire for Father of the Year, John Edwards
In my day, it was the mothers who set the high bar for their son’s wives. That has slipped quite a bit over the decades.
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Everyone's focusing on the words "home-cooked"..but the key word here is "family."..That's what the author objects to..the idea of a nuclear family..a heterosexual, married, two parent family..
Betcha she can't stand Norman Rockwell either..
And doesn't want anyone else to, either.
As soon as I read the names of the 3 writers, I knew that was going to be the case! Probably three single, feminist biddies who insist that cooking for a family is drudgery. So cooking is "stressful" but holding a job is not?! Please....
You probably are not too far from here... 6 you say?
:p
lol
B.S....
God intended women to be in the kitchen.
Why else would he fill them with milk and eggs?
And men fill them with sausage! (Yes, I know I’m bad)
Tell me that’s not what she wrote. What an effin’ pig this woman is!
I have a wonderful idea; let’s stop idealizing feminism. I’ve never seen a more unhappy group of women anywhere.
Any time it’s her byline, or anything from Slate, it’s just crazy moonbat stuff.
Omg! The expression of love and nurturing that even a bad cook gives far outweighs the loneliness and emptiness of the processed meal.
How about having the kids put together a meal or at least help with setting the table and doing the dishes. This is a skill they can learn at an early age. Girls and boys both. It is only stressful if you whine about having to do all that work.
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