I was a better cook than they, which earned their gratitude.

"Do you think a stove will make you a 265 better cook?"

"I lived a beta cook's life because Alan was so much the better cook," she said.

"Having a husband that's a better cook than you must be great," Phillipa said.

But being a training ground for better cooks was not the only suburban contribution to the state of our nation's cooking.

People used to be better cooks than we poor self-taught modern women.

She has made me a better cook, for which my entire family is grateful.

Even at that price, of course, induction units won't make you a better cook.

"And I'm a better cook than most of the women I know."

"If your dining room is red, people may think you are a better cook," says Harrington.