In response to:

>Rainah-- a couple of things . . . . most forms of cooking create health
>issues (changing the chemical structure of the food); and there is really
>no serious body of evidence that microwaving is any worse than any other
>means (if there is, I'd love someone to cite it).

Try :

http://www.peg.apc.org/~nexus/microwave.html

A very interesting report on the dangers of microwaving food.