30-Minute Meals Or All Day Cooking
Cooking Against A Culture of Convenience
Published in
Aug 31, 2023
Dinner in thirty minutes.
The appeal of efficiency and delicious homemade food, all in less than the length of a sitcom, is alluring.
This culture of convenience and speed shaped the way that I came to learn how to cook.
If I start cooking at 5pm, dinner can be served at 5:30.
This is the promise of countless TV shows and cookbooks.
It’s even repeated in recipes found online for easy weeknight cooking.
Sometimes, this strategy works beautifully.
But many times, I don’t have the skills, the ingredients, or the energy needed to pull off a thirty-minute dinner.
Instead, I’m learning to make cooking something that I do all day long.
Sometimes, a meal is ready in less than thirty minutes. Sometimes more.
I hope something delicious is in your future!
