>>58312971It's art, the effort you put in turns into something nice you can be proud of. How you shape the ingredients, pick colors, mix flavors/odors, etc. is very important too, but takes skill and experience with no additional demand of time or effort. Learning how to cook will also teach you the best ways to save time and money and still get a good outcome. It's as deep and varied as any other craft, but it's also uniquely general, social, and necessary.
Together with woodworking/firemaking (engineering), it's sort of the core human skill, the "first craft" that scratches every itch and incorporates every other industry. People don't chop vegetables to live, they do it because they want everything just right. It's meditative.
