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"Everyone Is Cooking Right Now. Except Me."
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"Everyone Is Cooking Right Now. Except Me."
Description (Dublin Core)
There are plenty of people who are exploring their culinary prowess for the first time, or maybe it's a life long obsession; either way, people are showing their skills. I'm a baker, I love serving food to others and making food that will be apart of other peoples memories. Flavors are like paints to me, with the right combination you can create a masterpiece. While I'm all for seeing people cooking and baking up a storm while in quarantine, I'm more like Josh Duboff right now. I can cook and I can bake, but am I? Not unless I'm being paid to do so. While people may feel this is the perfect time to work on self-improvement, me included, that work will not look the same for every person. Some people may be working hard just getting out of bed or going to bed in the first place. Food can be a stress release for many, but for others, its a stressor. For Duboff, it's not worth the stress to cook. For me, it's my job, not my hobby. The most I've cooked (unpaid) while in quarantine is irish-oatmeal and the occasional egg sandwich because it's easy, and I can do it while sitting. Yes, the classically trained CIA graduate is not cooking or baking while in quarantine. If it doesn't come from a box or a bag, it's not happening. This is other people's time to shine in the food world; someone else can take my seat while I go get more coffee.
#foodways, #culinary, #baking
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HST580
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article
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https://www.bonappetit.com
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baking
quarantine
stress
#foodways
work
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
05/31/2020
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06/14/2020
08/08/2020
11/30/2020
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Date Created (Dublin Core)
05/31/2020
This item was submitted on May 31, 2020 by Stephanie Berry using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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