# Why are there so many cooking questions in Cafe Society?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-cooking-questions-in-cafe-society/185192>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 29, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-cooking-questions-in-cafe-society/185192 "2003-06-29T18:42:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-cooking-questions-in-cafe-society/185192/1 "2003-06-29T18:42:39Z")

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It seems to me cooking questions would belong in GQ. CS is for art, music, literature, and popular entertainment – isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-cooking-questions-in-cafe-society/185192/2 "2003-06-29T18:45:35Z")

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I guess cuz CS is for the arts - and cooking is a culinary art! 🙂

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-cooking-questions-in-cafe-society/185192/3 "2003-06-29T19:18:12Z")

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There are those who eat to live, and those who live to eat. Most of the questions here are from the latter.

DD

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-cooking-questions-in-cafe-society/185192/4 "2003-06-29T19:23:00Z")

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Cooking? Café? Hm. I don’t see the connection. 😛

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-cooking-questions-in-cafe-society/185192/5 "2003-06-29T19:27:19Z")

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Discussed [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=134458&highlight=cooking+cafe+society).  
And a couple of other places, as I recall.