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One of the things that I have noticed about home cooked meals is that it makes your kids feel secure.

I do a lot of cooking, I like it, and the meals are of the meat and potatoes, a lie, type.

When I was baby sitting my Grandkids I noticed if it looked like a lot and everyone had a share in a family setting they were content, me actually because my Daughter in law is Irish and they can't cook.

Dinner at 6:00 is a family building experience you learn of them and they learn of you.

Um...I'm Irish-American and am a very good cook and baker - at least my Italian-American husband and many friends who dine here say. Hee-hee! It is the interest in cooking that makes the cook not the ethnic background.

But, you make a great point. Hot food, served around a table, is comforting. Comfort makes one secure. I grew up with a mom who put a hot meal on the table every night of our lives and we felt pretty damned secure. After school, in November, when it got dark early, I remember the smell of meatloaf coming up to the bedroom while I studied. It's as evocative to me as it was to Proust and his madelaines. Marcotte is a fool and I hope one day she'll realize that.