Cooking

Cooking is the act of preparing food to be eaten. There are many different schools of cooking from Italian cooking which usually includes pasta to Asian cuisine which uses noodles and rice in a lot of dishes.

Cooking is a very social activity which has a long history.

Dietary/cooking practices of atheists

A food science laboratory

See: Dietary practices of atheists (Dietary habits of various irreligious regions)

Atheism, culinary arts, food science, inspiration and innovation

See also: Atheism, food science, innovation and inspiration and Atheism, culinary arts, inspiration, innovation and food science

The Institute of Food Technologists defines food science as "the discipline in which the engineering, biological, and physical sciences are used to study the nature of foods, the causes of deterioration, the principles underlying food processing, and the improvement of foods for the consuming public".

Despite the efforts of food scientists and chefs in irreligious cultures to develop more flavorful food, there have been a significant amount of irreligious cultures with bland food that is not exciting from a culinary point of view (See also: Atheism, food science, innovation and inspiration).