If it were that easy, I bet everyone would wish for the whole town to have automated stuff...

[It's a nice idea, though, and he can't help but approve of thinking with one's stomach.]

How about I help out? I'm not an amazing cook, but maybe I can learn. [The family who took him in run their own cafe, but he'd never been asked to put in hours there. Now seems like as good a time to pick up useful skills as any.]