http://disqus.com/by/happygomarni/enWed, 05 Aug 2009 00:56:59 -0000http://justinlovesfood.com/2009/08/03/the-decline-of-cooking-and-the-rise-of-watching-people-cook/#comment-13963224<p>First of all, I am so excited to see you now have a food blog, Justin! Congratulations!</p><p>Second of all, I am one of those people who will always make time to bake. And that's where I get stuck on Pollan's idea that people watch cooking on tv instead of actually cooking in the kitchen. I just don't think there's a correlation. I think they both offer value to a person but are completely different types of value. What I get from baking I could NEVER get from watching tv, and vice versa. So one does not replace the other. Vicarious consumption on tv does nothing to bring the aroma of baked goods wafting through the air, or exploit my interest in tactile activities. Plus, sometimes the only way I can relax myself is by going to the kitchen and baking something. Sitting and vegging on the couch just doesn't cut it. And to say that if you're busy spending time watching tv, you naturally have less time in the kitchen, ok, true, but you also naturally have less time to do ANYTHING else for those 30 minutes you're sitting there watching tv. TV cooking is taking away time from all sorts of activities you could be doing. So I guess I'm going to have to politely disagree with Pollan that tv cooking is replacing real cooking. They're just not connected, in my mind! And that was probably the least eloquent I've been in ages. Sorry...I'm tired. Just finished cooking in MY kitchen! :)</p>happygomarniWed, 05 Aug 2009 00:56:59 -0000