I think the confusion is that in English we don’t really have separate words for cooking-as-chore and cooking-as-art.

Heating pre-made food?

Just like opening a tub of ice cream isn’t cooking just because you went through with the effort of sticking a spoon in it.

“Did you remember to plug the server back in after vacuuming the server room?”

“Shit.” "Honey, gotta make a quick jump at the office! "

5% is a free fall? They’re going to run out of superlatives next month.

But then you’d never get to experience the wonder that is Aargh the Awful.