Cooking: It's what makes us human

Or at least that's what a recent study suggests, as reported in the BBC.

The link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8543906.stm

It's a rather thought-provoking article for me, as a mom constantly in search of ways to avoid cooking. It's not that I can't cook or have anything against home cooked meals, I just really, Really, REALLY have issues with the process of creating such things, from planning a sensible shopping trip to cleaning up afterward. The actual cooking is fine, and the eating, too, but just not all that other prep and aftermath stuff. (Believe me, I've heard/read a great variety of tips for dealing with my issues, I just have issues implementing the help.)

And now, there comes the suggestion that it is cooking that is responsible for setting us apart from the rest of the animal world. Guess cooking matters after all.