And did you guys -- when you cooked, did you cook -- did you go downstairs in the kitchen?

WHITEHOUSE: Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2012

"When you come home from work, exhausted, that is exactly when you shouldn't try to cook a meal with your fresh vegetables, " she says.

WSJ: What to Do With an Abundance of Vegetables

Given continued pressure on discretionary spending, movement toward health and personalized experience, and increased desire for covering the social dynamics of dining together, the kinds of companies that help you make decisions about what, when, and how to cook while curating that content or enabling you to personalize your own interests very efficiently are going to be exciting.

FORBES: Investment Strategy- Physic Venture's Plans for Food & Health Tech

Speaking of which, for those of you who were disappointed when Tim Cook failed to announce a 15-inch Air, the bigger-screened Series 9, just 0.58 inches thick, is still, in some ways, the closet thing you've got.

ENGADGET: MacBook Air review (13-inch, mid 2012)

As a public service, NPR asked some of their favorite chefs to teach you how to cook the kind of food that graces the candidates' plates when they eat out.

NPR: A Meal Fit For A Candidate: John McCain

Sure, we have a couple of months of fair weather yet, and several more weeks of summer, but Labor Day is the last major summer holiday when friends and family gather around the hibachi, kettle grill, or gas grill, or whatever it is you cook on.

FORBES: Best Grilled Steaks Ever: Ultimate Recipe For Labor Day Weekend - Or Anytime

The best way to avoid infection is to make sure you wear gloves when gardening or changing your cat's litter tray, wash fruit and vegetables before eating and cook meat thoroughly - although it is possible to still enjoy it rare, says the Food Standards Agency.

BBC: Infection risk posed by cats revealed