"Yeah, what I'm making in a lab definitely isn't edible. It's usually distilling solutions and the occasional bodily fluid. Same basic principals as cooking. You have instructions that you need to follow, step by step. The result is different thing. Purpose too."

She grabbed a few more olives for her plate. They smelled great. She used to love olives...

Tilting her head to one side, she looked up at him again. "Why weren't you allowed to cook?"