onsdag 29 juni 2011

The never-ending story of women vs men in the kitchen


I was happy, at first, to come across an article in businessinsider.com about Swedish chef Marcus Samuelsson. I had nothing but warm feelings of admiration for this guy, before he put his foot in it trying to define the differences between men and women in the kitchen. First, he states "I've built my company around where the online conversation is centered. Food Republic is a platform for men, and marcussamuelsson.com is more of a female conversation, with a blog format."
Ouch. I've snooped around Food Republic, where the bio states "Food Republic is founded on the idea that guys everywhere are putting food at the center of their lives like never before. This is the site for men who want to eat and drink well, and to live smart." Apparently, eating and drinking "well" includes low-cal lemon vodka spritzer and pita chips to kick off barbecue season. marcussamuelsson.com however, lists happy posts on "cooking with every colour" and TWO WAYS of making peach cobbler (stay at the stove where you belong, woman!).
As if this wasn't enough, he goes on record stating "Men talk about gadgets, and knives, and stoves and bourbon -- how to be a man and how that revolves around food. On marcussamuelsson.com, it's much more like, "after yoga you can eat this" -- it's more health-driven in a different way. We enter it differently.
Women can be more nurturing and health-driven, while men will say, "what was that wine I liked?" or "that's a really great stove." "

Marcus. I say this cordially: Shut up. The last thing we need is a bloke telling us what women are like. We already tried that out in the fashion industry, and see where that landed us. I know many more gadget-driven, knife-wielding, whisky-voiced, hardcore-chef women than I can care to recount. They live their life taking food apart and putting it back together. I also happen to know that if you said anything about the dumb-housewife yoga stereotype to their face you'd end up minus something quite dear to you. So please. Be a man and let women be the women they are - as food-centered and crazy as any man out there. Oh, and we're perfectly literate. I'd try the "cooking with colours" method on children who don't know enough to be insulted. Thank you.

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