'The New Deal in our household was inspired by an article by Sarah Miller on Cafe.com about how much cooking sucks. My partner came across it - it had gone semi-viral - and shared it on her Facebook page with some delight. I'd always known that Zoe was not one who particularly enjoyed cooking, but the vehemence of her response to the piece struck me as a failure of my observational powers. How could I have dated this woman for three years and not known that not only did she not enjoy the act of cooking, she actually despised it?' (Introduction)