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Did you know Betty Crocker was actually invented by the food industry to get mothers to incorporate processed food into home-cooked meals?
In 1900, 2% of all meals were eaten away from home; now it is 50%. Nowadays, cooking gets a bad rap. We've been brainwashed into thinking that cooking real food costs too much, is too hard, and takes too long.
Cooking, I have come to see, is a truly transformational act. The closer we can get to the food we eat, the shorter the link between field and fork, the better off we will all be.
Taking back our kitchens and embracing the act of cooking real food is probably the single most important thing that any one person can do to create a healthy, sustainable food system. The cure for what ails us—both in our bodies and in our nation—can be found in the kitchen.
Listen to the full episode on The Doctor’s Farmacy.
Did you know Betty Crocker was actually invented by the food industry to get mothers to incorporate processed food into home-cooked meals?
In 1900, 2% of all meals were eaten away from home; now it is 50%. Nowadays, cooking gets a bad rap. We've been brainwashed into thinking that cooking real food costs too much, is too hard, and takes too long.
Cooking, I have come to see, is a truly transformational act. The closer we can get to the food we eat, the shorter the link between field and fork, the better off we will all be.
Taking back our kitchens and embracing the act of cooking real food is probably the single most important thing that any one person can do to create a healthy, sustainable food system. The cure for what ails us—both in our bodies and in our nation—can be found in the kitchen.
Listen to the full episode on The Doctor’s Farmacy.
