I'm trying to learn how to cook. I watched a film recently called Food, Inc. that turned me off of processed food almost completely. I also have a medical condition that requires me to avoid preservatives...so, I'm cooking :)
It's rather hard, as I'm in my mid-30's and I never really learned how. I think it's fairly common among my generation -- our moms never had the time to teach us, or avoided cooking themselves, and so most of my life I ate packaged food or take out. Trying to figure out the basics has been challenging, but I'm getting there -- made a nice salmon with green beans and pesto last night :)