Remember the good ole days? On Saturday, March 7. 2025 The Blaze published an article headlined, “Make America cook again: RFK Jr. unveils plan to empower Americans in the kitchen.”
The Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has endeavored to radically improve American nutrition and address those elements of the food system that are contributing to the chronic disease epidemic.
The department has, for instance, flipped the “corrupt food pyramid,” worked to remove petroleum-based synthetic dyes from America’s food supply, raised awareness about the health risks of eating ultra-processed foods, and expanded research into nutrition and metabolic health.
On Wednesday, Kennedy announced a new Make America Healthy Again initiative aimed at curbing chronic disease and improving nutrition: teaching Americans to cook.
‘Eating together as a family is a sacred ritual.’
“One of the challenges that we’re facing and that we’re working on all kinds of innovative devices to solve is that Americans have forgotten how to cook,” said Kennedy. “The convenience of fast food is one of the things that attracts them, and many of them don’t have the cutlery, they don’t have the pots and pans, they don’t have the cutting boards, and they don’t know how to shop.”
“I think this is a bigger issue that won’t be solved quickly.” said Thomas Robb, National Director of the Knights Party of the Ku Klux Klan, based centrally in Harrison, Arkansas. “I don’t think the problem is people forgot to cook, I think it’s more that they don’t know how to cook. This is a product of breaking down the nuclear family. Long gone are the days when a mother could stay home to care for the children. Some probably still could, but it would mean sacrificing getting their nails done, being taken out to eat, having the finest of clothes and whatever the latest fad is. Years ago, people were happy living in modest homes, driving average cars, and not paying babysitters to entertain their children. Mothers and fathers entertained their children by playing board games, card games and even reading the Bible in the evening and teaching their children about God. This is what America needs to return to doing. All the nutritious food in the world won’t bring back familing values and dinners with the whole family sitting around the table.We need to bring back the importance of the nuclear family, and the morals and values that they incorporated.”
