Cooking is a unique beast. For some people, knowing how to cook various meals is the top indicator that you can actually take care of yourself. Sometimes cooking is not utilitarian but rather an act of love or compassion. Other people do not care whether their food is cooked in their kitchen or not and see cooking and eating as merely a mechanism for survival. We attach many meanings to food and cooking, making it a very complicated and unexpectedly personal topic. 

At this point in my life, I could not truthfully identify myself as a good cook, or even a cook for that matter. If I could take a food pill that accounted for all of my nutritional needs while I chewed cinnamon gum and drank Diet Coke all day, I probably would do just that. But despite this obvious character flaw of mine, I respect people who can actually cook so deeply. If you love cooking, the following cooking memes will tickle your fancy.