The Power of Home Cooking | Lucinda Scala Quinn | TEDxRVA

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Published 2015-07-27
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. It was filmed and edited by Tijo Media at the Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage in Richmond, VA.

Lucinda Scala Quinn is a firm believer that food, security, and love are entwined in the meals we cook and serve to our family and friends. Her childhood passion for cooking blossomed into a career as a chef, teacher, author and food editor. She currently serves as senior vice president and executive editorial director for food at Martha Stewart Living and host of the television show, Mad Hungry: Bringing Back the Family Meal. Lucinda has authored four books and is currently working on her fifth. All of Lucinda’s books and projects feature the food she cooks and loves, with recipes that are big on flavor and low on fuss.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
  • @elmantishrimp1689
    I appreciate homemade cooking so much more than fast food and outdoor dining. The fact that my mom spends hours to create something that I'll devour in under 30 minutes shows how much amazing effort she puts into her food.
  • @heykiki___
    Yes!!! My mom has always taught me this. Home cooked meals don’t have to be complicated! It’s so easy to cook fresh,healthy, & tasty meals.
  • @tiffyz1533
    This is wonderful. I am a parent of 3 myself, and set out on a mission years ago to cook as many things as possible at home. It makes such a difference. The part of this video where she talked about her older son's accomplishments and how he viewed helping her cook as a child was very moving. My middle child feels the same way about helping in the kitchen. Home cooking is worth the time and the mess, your whole family will benefit from it in ways you don't even realize!
  • @robinlynn898
    Everything you said resonates..I cook mostly every day. Some days yes im tired and they fend for themselves or we order out but most of the time I cook. I always have.. Now that my son is 26 he calls me and says , can I fly home for Thanksgiving? I miss my mommas cooking. My oldest daughter is teaching my grand daughter how to cook.. It really is generational. Children learn what they live and if they see you cooking they will grow up and cook too. If you raise them on fast food they will grow up tp be unhealthy adults,
  • @kellyjackson5043
    Loved this. A great cook. She understands how important the family kitchen is to our health..nutritionally, emotionally, and spiritually.
  • @FiascoFabulous
    This embodies everything I feel about food and cooking! Sometimes I have a hard time putting the depth of my feelings into words that suffice. Thank you for this!
  • @Lisafirebarness
    Bravo Lucinda! and thanks for feeding Ethan all these years...I've strived to keep up with you and have become a better cook because of it
  • @sarvani11
    We indians are cooks from birth.... Home cooking is our indispensable lifestyle.....
  • @brendadrew834
    AWESOME TALK and photos...many thanks! I grew up in the 1950s and 60s with all the high processed food...mom made a lot of that cooking for four kids but also made a lot from scratch and did a lot of baking! My two grandmothers were born in the late 1800s and were top notch cooks and esp. bakers! One won Blue Ribbons at a State Fair for her great pies! Both could have owned their own bakeries if women back then had owned their own businesses. I cook mostly from scratch and love to bake using healthy mostly organic ingredients. Love Bob's Red Mill products..the best! I have a sign on the back of my stove that I've had since the 1980s that says "HOMECOOKING'! i also made much of my own baby food with a baby food mill back in the day....part Earth Mother here! Thanks for sharing....peace, love and namaste~
  • @normaflores6211
    I love this video. I feel so motivated to cook more meals for my family.
  • @NewfieAsianKid
    Cooking is an important life skill that everyone needs to learn in my humble opinion. You can't be relying on Hungryman TV dinner, Instant Ramen packs, Fast food McDonald's or Chef Boyardee Ravioli for rest of your life as it isn't healthy. Ever since this quarantine happened, it made me reflect on myself and spent so much time in the kitchen learning recipes on YouTube. It suddenly became a passion now seeing how cooking can be a crafts and an art. The overall presentation of it just looks so satisfying and appetizing too.
  • @joanmark2424
    what an inspiration you are Lucinda, so real, so unaffected. love this.  joan condon