Does outsourcing affect our personal connection to food?

Signage for food delivery services GrubHub and Seamless displayed on the door of a restaurant in New York. The growing options for outsourcing meal planning, grocery shopping and cooking can be called time-saving blessings or culture-destroying curses. In the end, they're probably a complicated mix of both. — Photos: AP

The growing options for outsourcing meal planning, grocery shopping and cooking can be called time-saving blessings or culture-destroying curses. In the end, they're probably a complicated mix of both.

The positive spin goes something like this: Assuming you can afford it, you'll save precious time by clicking a few digital boxes and getting someone else to choose your vegetables and deliver your groceries.