[Lorianne]

This article is unfair. As a woman who is not good at cooking I take offense. First of all, not everyone can be good. It's unrealistic to expect any group of 3.1 billion (half of humanity) people to be good cooks. This just doesn't make sense.

Believe me I've tried cooking classes, I have a shelf full of cookbooks but I just have no innate talent at cooking. I can follow a recipe but have ZERO talent for being creative in the kitchen. I just don't "get it". My two sisters are both excellent cooks as are both my parents.

I think cooking is a real art form. People I know who are good cooks can "compose" food in their heads (like Mozart could compose music) and make the most astounding things, usually with no recipe, they just seem to "know" things. My mom never uses a recipe, she just cooks and its always delicious.

However, on the domestic I do sew sew a lot of my own clothes, make toys, etc. I'm also a pretty good gardener and can fix most things around the house. But cooking is just not my strong suit.

Fortunately my husband is a good cook and he enjoys cooking on the weekend.

[sunshine state]

I agree, some people have no talent for cooking, but I think the thrust of the article is more towards women who think it's more liberating to not be able to cook; real feminists don't cook, in other words. I think, as some other posters have said, that cooking is just one more life skill that people should attempt to cultivate.

On the other hand, I have no real talent for sewing despite my Mom's best efforts, although I can sew on a button and hem a pair of pants (I can also darn a mean sock, but there's no call for that skill anymore LOL).