I don't know how your statement disagrees with mine? You are basically agreeing with me. A "random woman" in Europe who cooks well is not random at all, because

I don't know how your statement disagrees with mine? You are basically agreeing with me. A "random woman" in Europe who cooks well is not random at all, because we live in different times and people cook because they like it or are good at it. There are very few people who are bad cooks anymore, because those who are bad at cooking simply do not cook at all, especially not for other people. In the past you'd have a lot of bad cooks, because most women had to cook, wether they were good at it or liked it or not. I'm prepared to believe that in Southern Europe, family cooking traditions have been kept alive and healthy, resulting in high quality cooking. In Northern Europe and the US I don't know what the hell was going on in the 20th century.