cooking is usually seen as somewhat of a "female duty" but in my expiriences, cooking has been somewhat of a "chick magnet" capability(well for me), growing up with a family where a majority of them are female, most of my days growing up were spent watching my mom, grandmother, 2 aunts, my sister cooking,(even my grandfather taught me  some cooking lessons) with many years of watching and helping, it seems cooking can pay off. I've baked cupcakes/cakes and other treats for past gf's(one time I even cooked for one of my ex's parents). hell I even cooked for some of my guy friends(to anyone cooking for your guys friends...don't wear a apron when cooking...-_-...or fry bacon shirtless)

cooking is not only for impressing the ladies, but I think it's a somewhat vital skill, I don't think it's good if your just out for food all the time(coming from a fat man lol)

P.S. and no, the microwave doesn't count :p

My parents desperately want to teach me how to cook but I just don't have the time right now. I'm fairly competent at breakfast and that is about it. I'm actually looking forward to teaching myself to cook through trial and error when I have the time and my own place.

ow please.. like there are women of VGC...

I can make pancakes for myself! :P

of course i can i just went up and got a big mac bought it home and put it in the oven til it was crispy cant eat mc donalds if its not grilled in the oven after wards cant stand there soggyness
on a side note yes i can cook i cook 100% of all my own meals

Sort of ... I would say that my cooking ability is "functional"

I can successfully make meals which are relatively tasty and nutritious but I lack the education or experience to do anything particularly fancy with food without a recipe on hand.

More or less this. I can cook good pasta (real pasta, full spaghetti and meatballs meal), invented my own garnish for steak (though i can't grill a steak), and i can make cajun shrimp, hamburgers, eggs, pancakes, and can bake a little, but nothing too elaborate

Cooking is time consuming but you can cook pretty fast when you're experienced.

The greatest advantage is knowing what crap goes into your food.
Second is the comfort of eating at home.

Well yes I can cook, american food, Italian food without recipe's but for foods like Indian and Chinese I am not so skilled. Despite them tasting pretty good. I am Canadian and my mom loves to cook and paint. And I was cooking since I was a hardly a teenager.

Yes I can cook very well.