My dad cooked, though not often because he was usually building our house right under our toes most of the day and was all grimy and dusty when he came in. He taught my mom (who grew up with a maid, and so was not good at cooking!) to cook mostly American food, and she taught herself to cook Thai food. So she mostly cooked. But he was a bachelor long enough to learn how to feed himself... and as many others have said, he was a pro at the grill, breakfast, and camping. Funny.
Ktspktsp's and my future children will be very proud of their father for being an outstanding cook, however.
He knows his way around a kitchen and a cookbook, both qualities that I do not have!
He loves his potatoes, too, so I can see him being something like Wilkerson's dad.