Is cooking a skill or talent? Totally a skill. It can be taught, with varying degrees of proficiency, to anyone - even children. To be able to put flavors together, and develop recipes, though, is a talent, and not all cooks have it.Food, substance consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, fat, and other nutrients used in the body of an organism to sustain growth and vital processes and to furnish energy. ... The absorption and utilization of food by the body is fundamental to nutrition and is facilitated by digestion."People who love to eat are always the best people." "To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art." "We all eat, an it would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly." "If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him...the people who give you their food give you their heart."“The secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.