2020 Volume 53 Issue 2 Pages 107-113
Surveys were conducted to investigate the culinary habits and practices among college and vocational school students. The total number of freshmen and graduating students were 1,611 and 1,361, respectively. The respondents were classified on the basis of whether they took cooking classes.
The results indicated that more students who took cooking classes enjoyed cooking and had their own specialty dishes, compared with students who did not take cooking classes. Moreover, learning to cook had the effect of increasing their awareness of cooking; it also provided more opportunities to practice cooking among students who did not like cooking. Also, students who took cooking classes had more opportunities to cook and cooked more frequently. Therefore, in order to increase awareness and practice of cooking, it is important to cook for all students, regardless of whether they have taken cooking classes.
