I'm fresh off of an experience on OLD (Hinge) and I thought I'd get some input. I'd been talking to this guy for a few days. It kind of does/kind of doesn't matter, but we are both white. To summarize, I mentioned I was excited to eat some Indian food, he said he'd never had it, and the conversation devolved as I asked questions and learned he doesn't eat ethnic foods aside from tex-mex (if we could call that ethnic, we're in the southern US and it's often very Americanized/very common). He also can't handle spicy foods. Pushed further and found out he can't/doesn't cook, even said to me, "cooking isn't fun." and at that point I bailed and unmatched.

For my personal preferences, a strong ability in the kitchen is a must. I love making, eating, talking about, researching, anything food. I want a similar ability and passion to mine, far beyond the bare minimum of being able to make some staples and basic skills, which is a life skill like budgeting or laundry any adult should be able to do. I refuse to be the only person that can cook in a relationship. I love all kinds of food, from any country, and going to new/different places is one of my favorite things. I need someone that, at the very least, is willing to try foods he hasn't had before. Obviously if there are allergies or one specific ick food, that's another ballgame. I hate capers and olives, oh well.

I'm going to assert that a HVM will have, at the minimum, tried foods from other cultures than his own and is willing to try new cuisines. He may not like some of what he tries or prefer other things, but the point is he's open-minded enough to try. Not being able to cook is obviously a NVM/LVM trait, but is having a limited palate indicative of zero cooking skills and a good indicator of the kind of person you're dealing with?