The Begining Pt.2

My curiosity for cooking stretches from New York to California. To begin my studies, I wanted to find out the actual importance of learning how to cook; besides the fact that food is our source of energy etc. The history of cooking itself seems to be a very different thing to think about because it’s so natural and not really questioned at all by anyone, but I wanted to get a better understanding. “Cooking is the art and science of preparing food for eating by the application of heat,” states the authors of the article History of Cooking from the website All That Cooking. The article featured a timeline of events that supposedly shaped the way we cook foods today. The timeline dates all the way from B.C. to present times, and include facts like “Archestratus, a Greek, wrote the first cookbook, Hedypathia (Pleasant Living), in the 4th century BC,” and “The first sugar cane mill is established in the Americas.” The information I gathered from this website really gave me insight on the history of cooking. While gathering this information, I noticed that cooking isn’t only for feeding people but it also represents culture and origins of the person cooking it. Just by seeing certain spices and ingredients a person uses can show you were they are from or their family origins. Look at my pantry….. can you tell where I am from?http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/child-activities/why-kids-should-learn-to-cook/