Food is more than sustenance. Whether cooking at home or sharing a meal with others, I’ve learned that food can be a powerful pathway to greater well-being. Yet for many years, I’ve observed that food ...

Home cooking is making a comeback, but it’s less about nostalgia and more about strategy. Here’s how rising costs and changing habits are reshaping the way we eat. As food prices keep rising, ...

Among women, global cooking rates held steady in 2022 at 8.7 meals per week, on average. Men, on the other hand, cooked 0.7 fewer meals per week than they had the year before, dropping their average ...

When I was growing up in small-town India, summers arrived in full swing with the heady scent of mango blossoms. We had two trees in our backyard that rewarded us with enough fruit to last the entire ...

Family holiday meals often involve lots of time spent bent over cutting boards, peeking in the oven and reading thermometers or adding juices. High temperatures - and tempers – abound and there's ...

Inflation has significantly impacted household budgets, especially food costs, pushing Americans to rethink their spending habits. In 2025, 81% of Americans have identified saving money on food as a ...

Home cooking has seen a steady decline over the past fifty years. Why? Well, it appears that for many, the lure of convenience is winning against the time and effort involved in cooking. In fact, ...

Preparing a home cooked meal at least once a week may cut older people's risk of dementia by 30%, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. And this risk ...

Elena Valeriote is a writer of stories about food, farming, culture, and travel that explore the connection between people and place. Her work has appeared in publications including Gastro Obscura, ...