What’s Cooking? If You’re Looking for a Relationship, Love May Be Found in the Kitchen

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to lie about their cooking skills in order to make a match. Other respondents (60 percent) are a bit more honest and have made it a point to improve their cooking skills so they can wow a potential partner in the kitchen.</p><figure id="139c"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*qh6f3jqDU1IqbEnfEAxsfg.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://depositphotos.com/portfolio-1058621.html?content=photo">pedro2009</a> on <a href="https://depositphotos.com/436991784/stock-photo-you-what-you-eat-phrase.html">DepositPhotos</a></figcaption></figure><p id="66b9" type="7">“What someone eats and the food choices they make can give important insights into who they are.”</p><h2 id="9901">Taste Bud Testing</h2><p id="a907">Although being able to cook is important to daters, it’s not enough. Another <a href="https://www.studyfinds.org/love-first-bite-adults-end-relationship-over-food/">study</a> from Peperami Chicken Bites found that having the same taste in food can also be an ingredient to a successful <a href="https://medium.com/sex-with-a-side-of-quirk/relationships/home">relationship</a>. If food tastes don’t match up, 22 percent of people won’t even consider dating someone, 11 percent will refuse to go on a second date, 14 percent will stop seeing a potential partner, and about 12 percent will actually walk out on a first date. Food is even more important than sex to 30 percent of people surveyed.</p><p id="b60e">“Having studied the behavioral patterns behind people’s relationships with <a href="https://readmedium.com/answering-the-foodie-call-c63aae0e1a71">food</a> for many years, it isn’t surprising to hear that food plays such an important role when searching for a partner. What someone eats and the food choices they make can give important insights into who they are. In dating, it helps us to assess if they are going to be a good fit for us and our lifestyle and values,” food psychologist Dr. Christy Fergusson said. “Most people recognize that in dating and relationships, so much of our interaction is centered around food. It’s clear that we don’t only make decisions about compatibility with our head and our heart — but our taste buds too.”</p><p id="bee0"><b><i>More from Kiki Wellington:</i></b></p><div id="3369" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/answering-the-foodie-call-c63aae0e1a71">

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    </div><p id="aac1"><b>Sources:</b></p><p id="d6e1">Melore, C. (2020, October 9). <i>Love at first bite: 1 in 7 would end a relationship over their partner’s food tastes</i>. Study Finds. <a href="https://www.studyfinds.org/love-first-bite-adults-end-relationship-over-food/">https://www.studyfinds.org/love-first-bite-adults-end-relationship-over-food/</a></p><p id="c229">Melore, C. (2021, February 14). <i>Chef wanted — for love: Americans say being able to cook is the best dating quality</i>. Study Finds. <a href="https://www.studyfinds.org/cooking-best-dating-quality/">https://www.studyfinds.org/cooking-best-dating-quality/</a></p></article></body>

For people looking for love, a good cook is on the menu

If you’re a woman, there’s a good chance your mother may have told you that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. But is there any truth to that ubiquitous quote?

According to a study by Perdue, yes there is. And you don’t have to be a man to appreciate a potential partner’s culinary prowess. In fact, when 2,000 survey respondents were asked about the top qualities they look for in a partner, 63 percent said being able to cook — which was more than being trustworthy, intelligent, and funny. Also, many study participants (61 percent) found being a good cook to be a sexual turn-on.

“Most people recognize that in dating and relationships, so much of our interaction is centered around food.”

People understand the importance of being a good cook when swimming in the dating pool so much that they have also used it to sell themselves. Of those who reported using dating apps, 75 percent have mentioned that they love cooking in their profiles to make themselves look more attractive and 26 percent have gone as far as to lie about their cooking skills in order to make a match. Other respondents (60 percent) are a bit more honest and have made it a point to improve their cooking skills so they can wow a potential partner in the kitchen.

“What someone eats and the food choices they make can give important insights into who they are.”

Taste Bud Testing

Although being able to cook is important to daters, it’s not enough. Another study from Peperami Chicken Bites found that having the same taste in food can also be an ingredient to a successful relationship. If food tastes don’t match up, 22 percent of people won’t even consider dating someone, 11 percent will refuse to go on a second date, 14 percent will stop seeing a potential partner, and about 12 percent will actually walk out on a first date. Food is even more important than sex to 30 percent of people surveyed.

“Having studied the behavioral patterns behind people’s relationships with food for many years, it isn’t surprising to hear that food plays such an important role when searching for a partner. What someone eats and the food choices they make can give important insights into who they are. In dating, it helps us to assess if they are going to be a good fit for us and our lifestyle and values,” food psychologist Dr. Christy Fergusson said. “Most people recognize that in dating and relationships, so much of our interaction is centered around food. It’s clear that we don’t only make decisions about compatibility with our head and our heart — but our taste buds too.”

More from Kiki Wellington:

Sources:

Melore, C. (2020, October 9). Love at first bite: 1 in 7 would end a relationship over their partner’s food tastes. Study Finds. https://www.studyfinds.org/love-first-bite-adults-end-relationship-over-food/

Melore, C. (2021, February 14). Chef wanted — for love: Americans say being able to cook is the best dating quality. Study Finds. https://www.studyfinds.org/cooking-best-dating-quality/