Oh, I do understand he was not complaining about people cooking
quickly, rather, the apparent decline in cooking versus prepared foods.

But there is definitely something to this business that there is a
vastly greater variety of foods available today.

10-20 years, the ethnic section of the grocery store was a few jars of
spaghetti sauce and taco seasoning.(I know, I exaggerate to make the
point).

Today, you can find aisles and aisles of specialty ingredients for all
sorts of ethnic and gourmet cooking. And the availability of produce is
just phenonmenal.

I think the trend is starting to go back to cooking more and more,
although, as I said, people are getting more focussed on quick meals,
as noted by Jill and others.

Mike