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    Home » This and That » If You Didn’t Have to Cook, Would You?

    by Kathy Patalsky · updated: Sep 13, 2019 · published: Dec 19, 2008 · About 2 minutes to read this article. 2 Comments

    If You Didn’t Have to Cook, Would You?

    * Creamy Fettuccine
    Does Rachel Ray put you to shame?

    Don’t feel bad.

    Apparently, in a HuffPost article, the first lady isn’t so hot in the kitchen either.

    It makes for an interesting question:

    If you didn’t have to cook for yourself, would you?

    I can’t imagine hiring a personal chef to feed my family. There is something very nurturing when my husband comes home after a long hard day and it is my delicious spread that greets him. Even a simple snack of cookies and cocoa wouldn’t satisfy if not made with love.

    I always enjoyed how Martha Stewart would scold her show guests if they would bring her a gift that they didn’t make from scratch themselves. A local news anchor once brought her cookies from his favorite uptown bakery. She went off on him! It was great. She was insulted that he paid cash for cookies, one of Martha’s favorite things to make yourself.

    I recently read that Angelina Jolie is among the Hollywood mothers who religiously uses a private chef.

    Maybe I am simply nostalgic to my moms home-cooked meals of lasagna, taco night, and those Saturday morning spreads featuring sometimes lumpy cream-of-wheat and a tad burnt fresh-apple-pancakes. No matter what the food flaw, I only noticed how hard my lovingly mom worked. And love makes everything taste good.

    Go on Laura, your kids are grown, but I’ll bet President Bush would get a lot of joy from a signature Laura Bush meal. Burnt edges and all.

    source article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/19/laura-bush-i-dont-remembe_n_152302.html

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    About Kathy Patalsky

    Hey there! I'm Kathy, lover of kitty cats, weekend baking, 90's movies, travel, beach fog and foamy lattes. Since 2007, I have been sharing my vegan recipes and photos. My goal is to make your cooking life a little easier, delicious - and plant-loaded - while sharing some LIFE and conversation along the way.

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    1. Glauce Lucas says

      December 19, 2008 at 9:13 pm

      It’s so good to cook for yourself or for somebody you love. It made me remember about this post I wrote some days ago: http://foodinmylife.blogspot.com/2008/11/cooking-with-pleasure.html

      Great blog you have!

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    2. SunnyClaudia says

      December 19, 2008 at 3:59 pm

      Why does home cooking go out the window when people get rich? The President always ha a personal chef. I wonder if Michele O will do any of her own cooking. Or is a First Lady simply above that sort of activity?

      I don’t get the whole hierarchy of cooking for yourself.

      I respect people who cook for themselves no matter what.

      Reply

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