Every generation has a different approach to food and cooking, and plenty of Baby Boomer cooking habits mystify younger generations. If you've ever been in a Boomer's kitchen, you've likely encountered a few of these practices yourself. Younger cooks may not cook as often or with the same ingredients, and the differences come with a history. Boomers are a generation who grew up in a different era, with parents who'd endured the Great Depression and with food advertisements promising
The 1980s were a decade of big hair, big corporate, and big ideas about food and health. Along with the U.S. government publishing its first dietary guidelines at the time, wellness broke free from its former association with folks like your hippie aunt and uncle and entered the mainstream. This was due, in part, to the advent of two cultural trends: fitness and workplace changes, especially the rise of women in the workplace. People had less time for home cooking,
