I’m glad to see this post. I think it’s so important to cook at home and then eat as a family. And menu planning is so important! I think people fall into trouble when they do two things: 1) decide they simply can’t cook anymore. 2) don’t give themselves permission to say, “I don’t feel like cooking tonight. How about pizza?” We have to try, and we have to be comfortable with failure.

Thanks so much for writing this article. I agree that small steps in the home are an amazing way to shift our politics and outlook. Indeed, those choices most difficult often convince us best that we’re doing right by the world.

This is a great column! I love my time in the kitchen, too. I have some speakers rigged up under cabinets, and I plug in my iPod and listen to music while I prep. And I think people would be amazed what can they can get done while chicken braises.

I also think cooking teaches a person to be more mindful of time in general. I wrote a post about it on my blog

This is a wonderful, clear article. I’m especially fond of #‘s 5 and 8. I don’t know how many people throw up the old excuse of “I can’t cook” because they’re just afraid they’re going to mess something up. I wish more cookbooks talked about rescuing dishes and making mistakes.