Do you cook?

For men, the higher education level, the more frequent cook.

I have been reading a book Eating out: social differentiation, consumption, and pleasure by Alan Warde and Lydia Martens (CUP, 2000). No ground-breaking or strikingly original at all. One thing I have found particuarly intereting and worth notice is that men with degrees are more likely to cook meals whilst those without any qualifications much less. Highly-educated men are more interested in cooking. (p. 99)

Why is that? Cooking is more than food and cook. It reveals tastes, leisure, lifestyle, distinction, and appreciation.

Almost all of my male friends and colleagues rarely cook or barely able to cook. They are good instant noodles cook though. Eating out in HK could be very very cheap. If you don't fancy a feast, local restaurants could feed you and your partner up for as much as $100. Food are from Mainland. They are damn cheap so long as you don't care much about its taste and texture.

Opportunity cost of cooking is comparatively high here. Sacrifice an hour or two to cook and clean up does not seems to be efficient. Or let the job done by a maid (do remember that they are also an expat, nothing essentially different with an expat banker). Why the hell bother to cook?

Do I cook? I am a weekend chef.