"Exploring the Concept of 'Dad Food' on Father's Day"

As Father's Day approaches, a dad wonders if he's "dad enough" in the kitchen compared to the performative cooking of other dads. While dads are cooking more than ever, moms still do three times the cooking and dishwashing in households with moms. Many dads share cooking duties with their partners and cook as an expression of love. While some embrace the indulgence of "dude food," most are eat-your-veggies dads. The author finds hopeful signs about the future of fatherly cooking and surprising evidence of his own culinary dadness.