下厨,似乎一直都是女人的事,我常去的菜市场里多数见到的也都是女人,更记得儿时住在大院中的一个景象:各家的妈妈们提着菜篮子走来走去,或是围坐在一起择菜闲聊。虽说名厨或者职业厨师常常是男人,可家中下厨还是以女人为主。在中国,尤其是早些年,真正意义上的家庭主妇不多,我说的是像美国那样的职业家庭主妇,不用上班挣钱,只专心在家 Cooking seems to have always been a woman’s thing, I often go to the market to see most of them are also women, but also remembered the childhood scene of living in a compound: the moms carrying various food basket Go, or sit together to choose dishes to chat. Although celebrity chefs or professional chefs are often men, the kitchen can be home-based or women. In China, especially in the early years, there are not many housewives in the real sense. I am talking about professional housewives like the United States. They do not have to work to earn money, they just concentrate on their own home