Thereisa<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="theory_of_evolution"title="Theory of evolution ">theoryofevolution</span>thatsaysthefollowing:thedevelopmentoftheHomoSapiensbrainhappened
mainlyduetothediscoveryoffire,andsubsequentlycooking.Byusinglessenergytohunt,andspendinglesstimechewingrawfood,the<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="brain"title="Cooking Up Bigger Brains">humanbrain</span>hadincreasinglymorespaceandtimetodevelopnewactivities,ponderuponitssurroundings
alsorepresentedacatalystforhumanstobecomesocialbeings,whichbecamemorecivilizedandintrospectivewhilesittingaroundthecookingfire<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="cooked"title="Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation">(Pollan,2014)</span>.Butwhileeverybodybenefitedfromthepositiveaspectsofcookedfood,
Womenhavebeenpushedtowardsdomesticworkeversincetheevolutionfrommoreequalhunter-gatherersocietiestosettledagriculturalsocieties<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="women_opression"title="Engels and the Origin of Women's Oppression">(Smith,1997)</span>.Traditionally,menprovidedthefood,earnedatfirstbyhunting,andlateronthroughtheir
paidjob.Womenwouldbeinchargeofpreparingfoodforeveryone,andthatrolerarelychanged.Throughouttime,cookingasameansofcaregivingbecameapracticeidentifiedmorewithwomen,while<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="performance_timetoeat"title="Cooking performance">cookingforentertainment</span>orskill
displaywas,andstillis,associatedwithmen(Cairnsetal.2010).Inmanyhouseholdsitisstilloftenconsideredaspecialoccasionwhen<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="man_cooking"
aprivilegedpositionwhenitcomestotheircookingpractice-mostlywithmeat,outdoors,seenasentertainment,whilewomen’scookinghappenedbehindclosedkitchendoors.Today,mostoftheworld-renowned<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="male_chefs"
title="Google results for best chefs in the world">chefs</span>,theoneswhowin
However,themoretimewespendwatchingchefscookmealswe’llnevergettoeat,thelesstimewespendcookingforourselves.Inthepastdecades,studieshaveshownthatcookingtimehasdeclined(Pollan,2014;<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="home_cooking"
title="The Slow Death of the Home Cooked Meal">Ferdman,2015</span>).<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="cooking_timetoeat"
consume.“Foodbecomesjustanothercommodity,anabstraction.Andassoonasthathappenswebecomeeasypreyfor<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="soylent_quote"title="A quote from Soylent"left>corporationssellingsyntheticversions</span>oftherealthing-whatIcallediblefoodlikesubstances.”(Pollan,2014).
Thephrase<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="woman_place"title="A woman's place">awoman’splaceisinthekitchen</span>,orthehome,hasbeentracedbackasfarasAncientGreece’sAeschylus.
Sincethen,ithasbeenrestatedandreinterpretedthroughouthistory,inliterature,art,andpolitics(Popik,2013).Wecanseeanexampleofthisbeliefin<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="leave_it"
title="Leave it to the Beaver">aclipfromLeaveittoBeaver</span>,apopular50sAmericansitcom.Init,thefatherexplainstoaconfusedsonwhyhe’smoresuitedtodoallthegrillingoutdoors,whilehismotherworksinsidethe
Abrilliantexampleoftheportrayalofwomeninthekitchen,fromawoman’sperspective,is<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="martha_rosler"title="Martha Rosler">MarthaRosler’sSemioticsoftheKitchen</span>.
Inthis<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="semiotics"title="Semiotics of the Kitchen">performancepiece</span>,setinatypicalkitchen,MarthaRoslermanipulateskitchentoolswithsudden,violentgestures,sometimesevenperforminguselesstaskssuchaspretendingtothrowthecontentsofaspoonoverhershoulder.
Herpieceismeanttoexpressthefrustrationofwomenbeingstuckdoingdomesticlabour,whichistakenforgranted.Itisalsoaparodyofthecookingshowsofthetime,particularlytheonehostedbyanalwayscheerful<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'v-b-popover.click.html="julia_show"title="The French Chef">JuliaChild</span>.
onthewoman’sshoulders,eithermentally,orinpractice.Theextraworkloadthatconsistsofplanningandorganisationandleadstotheexecutionofthetaskshasbeencoinedbyfeministsas<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'
tobe(de)valuedassuch,taskssuchascookingcanbefacilitatedthrough<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'
v-b-popover.click.html="taskrabbit"title="Taskrabbit fulfills your cooking needs">variousapps</span>.Fromatoolofoppressiondirectedatwomen,foodbecomesataskdelegatedtogigworkersbystartupsandothercorporations.Regardingfoodas
atoolofoppressionhasopenedthewayformanysolutions,somemorerealisticthanothers.The<spanstyle='border-bottom: 2px black dashed;'
v-b-popover.click.html="jetsons"title="Instant food machine from The Jetsons">automationoffoodandcooking</span>hasbeenarecurrenttopicofconversationandspaceforimaginationbothwithinsocialmovements,and
theory_of_evolution:'<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cooking-up-bigger-brains/?redirect=1" target="_blank"> A theory developed by Richard Wrangham, biological anthropologist at Harvard University</a>',
woman_place:'<a href="https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/a_womans_place_is_in_the_kitchen/" target="_blank"> The origins of the phrase </a>',
women_opression:'<a href="https://www.isreview.org/issues/02/engles_family.shtml" target="_blank"> "The rise of class society brought with it rising inequality–between the rulers and the ruled, and between men and women"</a>',
cooked:'<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooked:_A_Natural_History_of_Transformation" target="_blank"> Michael Pollan writes a manifesto for cooking in his 2014 book</a>',
home_cooking:'<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/05/the-slow-death-of-the-home-cooked-meal/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3da4866e460d" target="_blank">"Less than 60 percent of suppers served at home were actually cooked at home last year. Only 30 years ago, the percentage was closer to 75 percent."</a>',
brain:'<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cooking-up-bigger-brains/?redirect=1" target="_blank"> "Our hominid ancestors could never have eaten enough raw food to support our large, calorie-hungry brains, Richard Wrangham claims. The secret to our evolution, he says, is cooking" </a>',