From Slow Foods

How is it in the middle of the 21st century with all the modern conveniences afforded us we still don't have time to do something everyone had time for in the 20th century...Preparing a good homecooked meal. Yes it takes a little more time than the drive-thru but we must recognize the value of preparing the foods.

The hidden costs of all this cheap food are becoming more and more visible as we witness the bizarre inversion of our spending habits. We spend, on average less than any other country in the world on food as a percentage of income, and more than any other on health care. Maybe we should stop looking at price for a moment and start examining cost.

In America, if we are what we eat, most of us are fast, cheap and easy. We should aspire to be more, and gathering the family around the table is the best way. Get the family involved in the preparation, do it so often that it's no longer an unusual thing in your house. It'll beat the drive-thru every time because it has the best ingredient: love.

xo Ginny