Why Is Mario Batali on Food Stamps?

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My enjoyment and skill at cooking began at the age of 8 when the paternal great-grandmother taught me to make biscuits from scratch. At age 11, I was the 2nd eldest of 7 and my mom worked so she'd call home and instruct in cooking and/or prepping for her to cook while I babysat 4 young siblings. My folks taught me how to gut a fish, cut up a whole chicken, full meals from scratch. I ain't no Jiffy Cornbread mix user or Duncan Hines girl.

In high school, I took a home ec elective and learned to make good tuna salad, basic sewing and knitting, among other things. My copy of [i Ji]The New York Times Cookbook by Craig Claiborne is all raggedy, but it taught me a lot. Now I can throw down and my staple cook references are Cook's Illustrated, Southern Living Cookbook, and cooking web sites.

Everyone who posted that it is cheaper to stock up on staples and cook your own meals when you have a SNAP card is totally correct. I do ok on $200/month but, although I value shop, I rarely have anything left over the next month.

I can't imagine how the Congress creatures expect indigent folk to survive off less.