Carnival of Modern Man: Cooking

Tse Lim has some interesting commentary on his blog Off the Bone, examining the difference between cookbooks written by men versus those written by women, as well as a compelling argument for why more men are taking up cooking. 

"Even as more and more men start to cook, it’s still not something we
do in the thoughtless, habitual way our mothers do. Modern male cooking
is very much a choice, a recreational activity, centered on foods and
techniques that are indulgences rather than staples.

In fact, it’s precisely through recreational cooking that modern men
have come to be active cooks. We make something ours by declaring that
it’s not work. If someone found a way to make ironing a hobby, you’d
start seeing more men ironing their own shirts. As more and more
activities become optional, it becomes more and more okay for men to do
things – what matters is that an activity is a choice rather than a
chore."

Off the Bone: Palatable

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