Why you should learn to cook 40 Articles

by Ron James

In the delightful animated feature film "Ratatouille," fictional chef Gusteau writes a cookbook based on the premise that "Anybody Can Cook." Better Homes and Gardens magazine has actually published a cookbook of a similar...read more

by Margaret Merrill

Learning to cook is an ability that no one should be without, especially if one wants to be able to eat. It is a skill that sticks with you for a lifetime. It's a basic survival skill not only for single people living i...read more

by icepricessa

Why should you learn to cook? Is it that important? Although not everybody can cook with flair, and conjure up delicious meals instantly, it is undeniable that cooking is one of the basic skills an individual requires to s...read more

by K-Pitt

Cooking the family meal is one of your most important tasks in a day. It brings the family together and provides the one meeting place where they can congregate and discuss their day. This is where parents actually stand...read more

by Clare Callow

My mum was not that great a cook when I was growing up. That's the reason I learned to cook from a fairly young age. My cooking was not exactly for reasons of self-defence (she wasn't that bad), but I did learn fairly earl...read more

by Tim Carter

Learning to cook can give you a sense of worth and is an integral part of your personality.I have learnt to cook three times! Each time has seen a development of me as a person, progressing from the basics to functional an...read more

by Linda Shrigley

Why should you learn to cook? One of the simplest reasons to learn how to cook is so you will not starve to death after you have left home and on your own. If you are willing to spend every cent you earn on restaurant f...read more

by MagdaDH

OF COURSE you should learn to cook! It really goes without saying. But you are asking why. Humans walk. You learned to walk when you were about 1 year old. Humans talk. You learned to talk some time between 1.5 and 3 y...read more

by Nina Taylor

A love of food. Thinking back, it's hard to remember a significant episode in my life that didn't involve food. From Satsuma's in the bottom of our stockings on Christmas day to summer picnics at the beach with soggy s...read more

by Sheila Watson

I never did "learn" to cook, it came to me naturally. I cook by ear! Indeed, I have never had a cooking lesson. My parents couldn't afford to send me to cooking school, so I am self-taught, a natural cook. Example: Ha...read more

by Marina Shemesh

You should learn to cook so that you can be independent. Everybody should be able to eat what they like. How many times have we been to my mother-in-law's for supper to go and eat chicken. Every single time, cooked in exac...read more

by Lisa Hunt Warren

My children's father, like many other males of his generation, had not learned to do any form of cooking before he left home for college. After dorm-living and apartment living in college, he took his place in his profess...read more

by Brian Fowler

Have you ever read the labels on some of the foods in the super market? When was the last time you rolled up to the drive Thur window? My god, just the amount of salt they use in canning is disturbing. You should learn ...read more

by Scott Shaffer

Cooking, the final frontier, this is the part of the story where I pause and tell you all about cooking in today's age and why you should learn to cook. Let us begin. If this intro seems a little off center to you, the...read more

by Evette V Green

Learning To Cook Can Help You Live Longer. I have heard many women and men say that they cannot boil water less alone cook a meal. There is a great importance when it comes to cooking food. For starters, you can con...read more

by Steven Stechschulte

Cooking? Pansy activities?! What!?! Guess again. For those that think cooking is for wimps, I can give you a handful of recipes that even if you follow the directions to the "T" you will fail. And I mean miserably. Y...read more

by Robert Montroy

I'm going to take a little different approach in this article than simply expressing the many obvious joys of cooking for friends and family. It's similar to the joy you received as a child when you made a school project f...read more

by Richard Serra

Food is something that can be a taste sensation, or it can be merely junk food to just fill a void in the stomach. Life is a challenge, and to go through it without enjoying it, well, it just doesn't add up. I have this th...read more

by Keith Theang

I can't emphasize enough the importance of having a home-cooked meal at the end of one's busy day, which brings us to this topic of why we should all learn how to cook. To many people, cooking is just an activity that they...read more

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by Sky Papillon

"Learn to cook please", 4 words I wished I could say to my mother. I am a foodie so of course food is the center of my universe the most important part of my life. I am unfortunate enough to have been born to a mother who ...read more