Do people enjoy food more when they cook it themselves?
People taste effort long after the cooking ends.
The ingredients are ordinary.\n\nThe recipe is simple.\n\nYet the meal feels special.\n\nThe hidden mechanism is effort attachment.\n\nHumans value outcomes differently when they help create them.\n\nCooking adds stories.\n\nMistakes.\n\nMemories.\n\nPeople think taste comes only from ingredients.\n\nVery often, part of flavor comes from participation.
