Are We Glorifying the Home-Cooked Meal?

The week before last, I must've gotten a hundred emails about the "Joy of Cooking?" study that was making its way around the news last week. (Thanks, guys!) In the study, for those of you who missed it, sociologists challenged Michael Pollan's theory that reforming the food system starts with the home cook, concluding that it's an elitist concept that disregards financial realities and time pressures, and places unrealistic demands on parents, particularly women. I encourage you to read the study, then head over to the Room for Debate page at the New York Times to hear a bunch of us weigh in on one of the issues raised, namely: Are we glorifying the home-cooked meal? What do you think?