tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post2767024445714199793..comments2024-03-28T13:58:37.846-04:00Comments on The Passionate Foodie: Rant: Save The World, Cook At HomeRichard Auffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03948647697847819742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-72750799608872541522013-02-25T18:01:04.790-05:002013-02-25T18:01:04.790-05:00I'm in my sixties and live alone but I cook fo...I'm in my sixties and live alone but I cook for myself all the time. I love making big pots of vegetable-based soups or salads. It makes me feel well-cared-for to know I have good, nutritious, inexpensive home-made food in the house waiting for me. In fact, I'm going to go heat up a bowl of the West African Peanut Soup with chicken that I made last night.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15964712984479525970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-82598596637391404952013-02-25T09:02:20.563-05:002013-02-25T09:02:20.563-05:00The thing I always find so interesting about cooki...The thing I always find so interesting about cooking at home is what illusions people have about how hard or complex it is. It can be, but only if you endeavor do make something that has a lot of process or complex techniques. Something like a crock pot stew on a cold day is wicked easy and can feed either a whole family or two adults with dinner and lunches for a couple days. We do it a all the time. <br /><br />I've been cooking for 35 years so I do take some of it for granted, but I've never understood why people who don't do feel that the cost and health concerns around take out are a reasonable alternative. <br /><br />That concern doesn't even begin to get into the environment issues. I think to really drill into that we need to return to food as a necessity and not a luxury, and a household strategy for preserving and making food resources go the distance. I have little hope for that in our increasingly time compressed society. <br /><br />JasonJason Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877600888412262376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-13008724677403706082013-02-25T07:15:42.714-05:002013-02-25T07:15:42.714-05:00Excellent rant, Richard! And, in these economic ti...Excellent rant, Richard! And, in these economic times one more reason to cook is to save a ton of money. That will let you support restaurants that have to charge a bit more, because they are using local foods with respect, when you do dine out.Pennyhttp://www.bostonzest.comnoreply@blogger.com