"Tara Banfield" > wrote:
>Bored & isolated ppl, maybe? That'll make food seem like a frustrating
>waste of time. Nuttin' better'n a cook-in.......wake up your brain &
>tastebuds & improve your social life for a while......

Like I said, social or special cooking - a "cook-in" - is fantastic,
and I love it. But what about the other 2-3 meals all the other days
of the week when you're not doing the cook-in?

I mean, I can get nice food every lunch time (I live in Bologna Italy
- but when you eat tagliatelli al funghi porcini, and proscuiotto,
and rotolo every single day, it makes it less special for other
occasions. I'd much rather eat delicacies with friends socially just
five times a week, and special treats on my own one or two times, and
not eat at all for the rest of the meals.

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Lucian