How to store an object in a cookie?

Question

While this is possible in C#: (User is a L2S class in this instance)

User user = // function to get user
Session[\"User\"] = user;

why this

Answer 1

System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection cookiecoll = new System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection();

            cookiecoll.Add(bizID.ToString(), rate.ToString());


        HttpCookie cookielist = new HttpCookie("MyListOfCookies");
        cookielist.Values.Add(cookiecoll);
        HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies.Add(cookielist);