Fathering through Food: Children’s Perceptions of Fathers’ Contributions to Family Food Practices

Abstract

A few years ago, the BBC hosted a national competition for amateur chefs. The 2006 Masterchef title went to a man named Peter Bayless who charted his own experience of learning to cook in a book entitled My Father Could Only Boil Cornflakes — a sardonic title which serves to reaffirm Morgan’s observation that the ‘alleged incompetence of men in the kitchen is frequently the subject of considerable humour and right comment’ (1996:159). My Father Could Only Boil Cornflakes both emphasises Bayless’s expertise and implies incompetence in other men, particularly those of a different generation. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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