Men cooking more, study finds
There is a greater chance than any time in history that the man of the household will be cooking dinner tonight, according to The NPD Group, a consumer information company that included a helpful bar graph with their recent press release, just in case you don’t believe words alone.
Women still cook 78 percent of the meals prepared at home, says the study, but since 1993 man-made in-home meals have leapt a full 4 percent. The study did not mention whether any of these men were professional chefs, nor did it mention a strict definition of the terms “prepare” or “dinner.”
But one finding was crystal clear: with the increase has also come a rise in year-round grilling. So a lot of men cooking “in the home” are actually cooking “outdoors,” something that has probably been true since beginning of culinary history, i.e., the discovery of fire. (Pardon the sexist attitude, and correct us if we’re wrong.)
We’d love to hear from male home chefs: what’s for dinner 18 percent of the time?
Women still cook 78 percent of the meals prepared at home, says the study, but since 1993 man-made in-home meals have leapt a full 4 percent. The study did not mention whether any of these men were professional chefs, nor did it mention a strict definition of the terms “prepare” or “dinner.”
But one finding was crystal clear: with the increase has also come a rise in year-round grilling. So a lot of men cooking “in the home” are actually cooking “outdoors,” something that has probably been true since beginning of culinary history, i.e., the discovery of fire. (Pardon the sexist attitude, and correct us if we’re wrong.)
We’d love to hear from male home chefs: what’s for dinner 18 percent of the time?
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