‘Man with a Pan’

As for a saying ‘Cooking works like a charm’, you may think about housewives cooking for kids and husbands. On the other way around, nowadays more husbands now cook for families. Like John Donohue; the author of Man with a Pan, he is an editor and cartoonist. Then, he found a new job; a chef of his family, when he become a father of his firstborn. His turning point to cook for family was that some day he led his family decided to have dinner at a restaurant nearby his apartment. Unfortunately, it turned out that the restaurant was crowded when they got there. Besides, his baby, Aurora, started to cry so he and his wife, Sarah, could not have dinner. On the way home, he realized that his earlier dining out at restaurants was quite miles away from home and spending a lot of money. His wife is not interested in cooking. After that, they had a second baby—Isis—making them exhausted from taking care of the baby as Isis was always waking up at midnight. So they sleep less but do more activities at night for looking after their baby, Isis. Night after night, as he prepared delicious food to please his wife, who lacked of sleep, and to feed two babies, he suddenly felt that he was doing something so good. He said, “He loves to cook in the kitchen at home and feels happy to be a father.” He also said that more husbands turned to cook or prepare food for their family now than in the past. With more wives or moms working, husbands or dads should do meals for family. Dining out makes family fatter so dining at home is a good way to avoid this bad effect as well. In this book ‘Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures of Fathers Who Cook For Their Families’, John also asked other men to share their story of cooking by collecting 34 essays written by writers and chefs.