No matter due to work or time pressure, or a larger disposable income that allows for time-saving and convenient alternatives, there are multiple reasons why today's big-city singletons – in either Boston or Beijing – are loath to peel their own onions in their own kitchens.Īlthough people in Britain or the U.S. In other words, these days the common people of Britain, the United States, and China spend less than one hour a day preparing their own meals. However, all three countries scored below the worldwide average of 6.4 hours per week. The astonishing results showed that participants from Great Britain and the U.S., for example, spend an average 5.9 hours each week in their kitchens, and at 5.8 hours a week, the figure for China was almost the same. Researchers asked the 27,000 participants, aged 15 and above from 22 countries, how much time they actually spent in their kitchen each week preparing food. The large-scale international survey carried out last March by GfK, Germany's biggest consumer research association, proved this trend. The reality today is that we spend far less time in the good old home kitchen than we did just a few decades ago. The tradition of mothers and grandmothers handing down culinary expertise to their daughters and granddaughters from their post at the cooker is gone.
Urbanites in particular seem to have bid farewell to the cooking tradition, and some are incapable of preparing a regular meal on their own. However, these days the kitchen in many households is often a cold, deserted place. GOOD food is the foundation of genuine happiness," so-called French "king of chefs" and "chef of kings" Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935), celebrated for his book Le Guide Culinaire, once said.
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