Is cooking a vanishing art in the United States? Despite the proliferation of cooking shows, cooking magazines, cooking classes, and cookbooks, less and less actual cooking may be taking place in American homes (Visser and Stark, 1989; Scrivani, 2005; Scattergood, 2006; Severson and Moskin, 2006).
Some cultural observers worry most about the apparent demise of the home-cooked dinner, arguing that regular family meals improve children’s nutrition, achievement, and well being (Neumark-Sztainer et a…