TY  - JOUR
AB  - One of the many barriers to a healthier diet in low‐income communities is a presumed lack of practical food skills. This article reports findings from exploratory qualitative research conducted with potential participants in a cooking skills intervention, in low income communities in Scotland. The research found widely varying levels of skill and confidence regarding cooking, supported the need for a community‐based intervention approach, and demonstrated the importance of consumer research to inform the content of interventions. Challenges the view that low income communities lack skills, suggesting that food skills should be defined more broadly than “cooking from scratch”. Other barriers to healthy eating, such as poverty, food access and taste preferences, remain important.
VL  - 106
IS  - 4
SN  - 0007-070X
DO  - 10.1108/00070700410529546
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00070700410529546
AU  - Stead Martine
AU  - Caraher Martin
AU  - Wrieden Wendy
AU  - Longbottom Patricia
AU  - Valentine Karen
AU  - Anderson Annie
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Confident, fearful and hopeless cooks: Findings from the development of a food‐skills initiative
T2  - British Food Journal
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 274
EP  - 287
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -