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Why Cooking Is the Best: Part Six

Cooking is a political statement with real-world results.

Published March 25, 2026

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Eating is like voting three times a day.

Because food production and consumption overlap with virtually every major political issue facing our society, eating is like voting three times a day. When you swing through the drive-up window at McDonald’s, you’re implicitly supporting wasteful gasoline consumption, minimum-wage labor, farm subsidies for the nation’s biggest farmers, confinement and mistreatment of animals, non-renewable packaging, high-calorie meals, and, when you factor in the food giant’s worldwide reach, global trade and cultural imperialism. No kidding.

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