Q: Isn't it way cheaper to cook at home?
A: I feel like folks who are saying things like this in the comments didn't watch the video all the way through, since cost is something I discussed at length. I will reiterate, though, that certainly you CAN save a lot of money by cooking for yourself. However, I don't think you should take it for granted that your home-cooked meal will necessarily be cheaper than something you could buy prepared or semi-prepared from a grocery store, or from a restaurant — assuming you live in a highly developed country like the U.S. I've certainly seen a lot of people, usually beginner home cooks, waste a lot of money trying to recreate fancy recipes at home. The point I make in the video is that you can't expect to eat the same way you would from restaurants and still save money just by cooking it yourself. You can't expect that much variety — you've gotta embrace leftovers. You can't except to follow every recipe to the letter — if you buy a new spice or something for every recipe, you're never gonna use enough of it to make it cost-effective, etc.

Q: Why is the lighting different in this video?
A: Because I'm experimenting with different things. At the pace at which I work, pretty much all of my experimenting has to be done in an actual video, and I would agree this experiment was a failure. I've been wanting to try something different from my softbox kit because I don't like how they make people look so airbrushed, and recently some people have been saying they thought it looked like I was talking in front of a green screen. The single-point lighting I did in this vid was the same as the set-up I used in the pizza cheese video (which I liked the look of), except I had to shoot this one at night, so there was less ambient light in the room and the shadows were therefore more severe. I'll keep playing with it. But since my kitchen is getting demolished in a week, there's gonna be about a month where all the Monday videos will be shot somewhere else, so the look is going to vary a lot for a while.

Q: Why did you show a picture of Cleveland when talking about highly developed, post-industrial economies?
A: Honestly it was the only city skyline footage I had at hand. I was dipping into that file anyway, because the beef footage I showed at the beginning was from West Side Market. Also I love Cleveland. And before you snark, remember that places like Cleveland, for all their problems, are still highly developed in the global context.

"Why I season my life and not my food." - Adam Ragusea

at first it was "why cook at home" then it just turned into "why"

Title: what’s the point of cooking at home?
3 and a half minutes in: this is a discussion about the meaning of life

Unless I missed it, you forgot the most important one: it's exactly as healthy as you want it to be. Controllable whole foods go into your meal.

"What's the point of cooking at home?"


Nervously looks at bank account

I live alone. Cooking at home is part of a nightly ritual that keeps me grounded in self care & self sufficiency.

Why I cook at home: to have fun, to be challenged, to learn, and to feed and entertain my loved ones.

I remember once, I asked my mom why she was so insistent in me learning how to cook, more out of curiosity than anything. Her answer was "Well, what are you gonna do when you want something I make and I'm not around to make it?". At the time, I understood it as just my mom wanting me to not depend on someone else to be well fed, but later on in life, when I had moved out,  I understood what she had really meant. And I realized it once when I made a certain soup she makes when she was sick. What she was trying to impart me with was the ability, but moreso the emotional satisfaction, of giving out nourishment. I cannot tell you the joy I felt seeing that I had managed to not only replicate what my mom made, but improve on it enough that she asked me what I had done differently. Seeing that something I made had a direct impact in her wellbeing made me want to do it more, and learn many other ways to do that for others, and of course, myself.

Aside from that, there's a phrase I really like that goes "Cooking is a rebellion, and farming reassurance" (not sure who said it, if you know please lmk who it is). Sure you can buy that chicken premade. Sure you can just buy a cake from a bakery. Anyone with money can do that. But what if they can't sell you what you want when you want it? What if what you want is unexistant? Why, you can just make it yourself! Specifically with food, learning even the basics gives you an enormous amount of freedom, but more importantly, it gives you context . You know yourself better, you know what flavours you like, you know how to get it, and you gain understanding, appreciation and curiosity of how others use that freedom.

Cooking helped my depression. Gave me a sense of accomplishment and reminded me I didn't suck at everything.

Rich Brian said in Hot Ones 'Cooking for someone is such a pure thing. It's like saying I love you, without actually saying that'

"What's the point of cooking at home anymore?"
1 month later: I think you got your answers now...

I started cooking at home for money-saving reasons, but I also realized it helped me overcome some of my disordered eating patterns, it's like a weird mental glitch where I stop thinking of food as "morally bad" if it's something I made myself from scratch/saw it from start to finish

Start of the video: "What's the point of cooking at Home?"

Halfway through: What is cooking? What is life?

I'm 19. This past year I cooked Christmas dinner for my entire family of 10. It was very tough and very stressful but the payoff of seeing everyone go for second helpings was priceless. That feeling is unmatched by material gifts and presents. I plan on doing it again next year.

Cooking at home helps to enforce the concept of "home"  As a single woman I create  comfort and warmth in my house by cleaning, cooking, gardening, entertaining, etc. I rarely eat prefabricated food. I choose to eat "home" created meals or dine out with friends and family. Cooking for myself and others  is a gesture of love. It prevents feelings of loneliness and isolation.

- Cheaper
- Tastier
- Complete control over macros and ingredients
- Cooking is relaxing, both process and giving other people joy of tasty meal

After watching a few of his videos, I have come to a conclusion. He's the Vsause of cooking channels.

For me, living in rural Greece, cooking at home is the only viable way I can eat cheaply and healthily at the same time.

I’m surprised you didn’t mention control over the quality of ingredients.