Perceptions of ‘home cooking’: a qualitative analysis from the United Kingdom and United States

Since parents are the main source of learning cooking skills, Lavelle et al. (2019) explores the importance of the mothers’ thoughts on transferring their cooking knowledge onto their children. Sixteen focus group discussions were held with 141 mothers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, to get their perceptions of children’s involvement and cooking […]

In this 2017 study, Wolfson et al. set up seven focus groups in Baltimore, Maryland and conducted online surveys to find out how Americans learn to cook, their thoughts on who is responsible for teaching children to cook, and whether the public supports the policies on culinary education. There was a total of 53 participants […]