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A qualitative, cross cultural examination of attitudes and behaviour in relation to cooking habits in France and Britain

Gatley, Andy, Caraher, Martin, Lang, Tim·2014·Appetite

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Food campaigners, policy makers, journalists and academics continue to debate an alleged decline in home cooking, a corresponding increase in individualised eating habits and the impact of such trends upon public health. The focus of this research was to examine and compare current domestic food practices in Britain with those of another country, namely France. In-depth interviews with 27 members of the public drawn from both countries enabled the researchers to explore people's actual cooking practices in the home. Analysis of the data revealed that respondents from both countries often lacked time to cook and increasingly relied on a mix of both raw and convenience-type foods to varying degrees. A range of cooking skills was employed in the home, although confidence in relation to cooking was more varied with the French respondents who demonstrated a greater willingness to 'cook from scratch'. There was some evidence of men on both sides of The Channel engaging with cooking in the home although this often formed part of a leisure activity undertaken at weekends and for special occasions.

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Authors
Gatley, A., Caraher, M., & Lang, T.
Affiliations
  • University of West London (GB)
  • City, University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
Gatley, Andy
Venue
Appetite
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-04
Volume
75
Pages
71-81
ISSN
0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2041816734
Cited by
93
References
97
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Appetite (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • City Research Online (City University London) (acceptedVersion)
  • UWL Repository (University of West London) (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
Keywords
home cooking, cooking habits, convenience foods, cooking skills, cooking confidence, cross-cultural comparison, France, Great Britain, gender and cooking
MeSH terms
Cooking, Culture, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Feeding Behavior, Female, Food Preferences, France, United Kingdom, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires

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