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{{quote|''Nonoha and Kaito in reference to Gammon'' "He cooks with that face"
''Gammon's little sister'' "It's not like he cooks with his face"|'''[[Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle]]'''}}
[[Captain Obvious|Everybody has to eat]], which means, oftentimes, somebody has to cook. While it is often the job of the [[Feminine Women Can Cook|wife or mother]] to prepare delicious meals (or to at least [[Lethal Chef|try to]]), you can also count on seeing the men taking care of this. Expect him to be flipping burgers or steaks on a grill, [[Camp Cook|preparing food on the trail for the rest of the team]], or [[Through His Stomach|preparing a meal to impress a female companion]].
By contrast, a man who can't or doesn't cook, for whatever reason, might face some degree of mockery or [[Lampshading]] over it. If a male character is shown to live on a diet of ramen, microwaved meals, and delivery food, it can be a sign of immaturity or financial problems.
Obviously, depends greatly on the cultural background of the characters (and the [[Creator Provincialism|creator of the work itself]]). Also, the ''style'' of cooking may affect the relative manliness of the act. For obvious reasons, this is pretty much a given in settings where there are few or no women around. [[Fridge Logic|Otherwise the men might starve.]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The Baratie in ''[[
* This shows up in ''[[
* Rin, the [[Anti
* Gammon from ''[[Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle]]'', cooks for him and his little sister.
* Lelouch from ''[[Code Geass]]'' is the best cook of his age rank in the series. Hey, he was [[Promoted to Parent]] of a blind, wheelchair-bound sister. He's also very good at sewing in the doujinshi ''Code Geass: Knight''.
== [[Fan
* Naruto in ''[[
* In ''[[Drunkard's Walk]] II'', superhero Doug Sangnoir is seen cooking and serving dinner for friends twice: a Greek meal for a neighbor, and a Chateaubriand for someone who saved his life.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The
* ''[[
** Turns out to be [[Foreshadowing]]: We later see a situation where a mobster would ''need'' to be able to cook for 20 men when a mob war breaks out and the mobsters end up bunking together in large groups for mutual protection.
* ''[[Goodfellas]]'' - when Henry Hill and his pals are in prison, they all take part in cooking their own meals, and making sure the tomato sauce is right is [[Serious Business]].
** Apparently this is [[Truth in Television]] for real Mafiosi. This comes out of traditional Italian culture generally, where it isn't unmanly to be able to cook well, but rather a point of pride.
* [[Michael Caine]]'s character, Harry Palmer, in ''[[The IPCRESS File]]'', as shown below in the Literature section. He's repeatedly shown cooking throughout the film, and seduces the girl by promising her that he will cook her the best meal of her life.
** This made him a forward-looking man of his time in the setting of early Sixties Britain, newly emerging from post-war austerity. His disapproving boss thought he was quite a dandy.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[
* ''[[The IPCRESS File]]'': The [[No Name Given|Unnamed]] main character is an enormous foodie and a passionate cook. An example of [[Author Appeal]], as Len Deighton was also an accomplished cook.
* Anthony Bourdain's memoir ''[[Kitchen Confidential]]'' paints a generally macho atmosphere in the kitchens he's worked in, recounting that it was sometimes ridiculously so, such as one where the chefs were [[Running the Asylum]] and started each shift by dousing a counter in brandy and igniting it in tribute to ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', (though it was the Seventies and they were addled on cocaine).
* ''[[
** Honor's father is also a [[Supreme Chef]], with an ongoing rivalry with Honor's personal house chef. He's also a military man, albeit [[The Medic|a surgeon]] rather than a line officer.
* Long John Silver in ''[[Treasure Island]]'' is the ship's cook [[It Was His Sled|and the book's villain]]. A male cook would have been [[Truth in Television]] for pretty much all ships at that time (and it would also have been common for the cook to be a disabled sailor, as Long John is).
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Leverage]]'': [[The Big Guy|Elliot]] is a skilled cook.
* Inverted in ''[[
** It would make sense that Jack enjoyed cooking since he was studying to be a ''chef''.
* Old-fashioned, frequently gruff and sometimes downright arrogant FBI Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' makes a mean lasagna (among other things), and isn't averse to sharing it with his colleagues when they need comfort food.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Achewood]],'' the first event of the Badass Games is making bread from scratch.
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140111023318/http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2273 Satan, however, can. Then, his ingredients are a bit much.]
== [[Web Original]] ==
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