Meet the food writers who believe cooking can be a salve for grief and an act of self-care
1 year, 1 month ago

Meet the food writers who believe cooking can be a salve for grief and an act of self-care

ABC  

In June 2020, right in the middle of the COVID pandemic, British food writer Bee Wilson's husband of 23 years left her. "I already had the thought that … cooking can sometimes be a salve and help us at difficult times," Wilson, a columnist at The Wall Street Journal and the author of several books exploring the world of food, including First Bite: How We Learn to Eat, tells ABC RN's Blueprint for Living. Wilson — who shares a recipe in her book for chana masala that only takes seven-and-a-half minutes "if you're really speedy" — acknowledges convenience has a place in cooking. "I would cook these strangers three-course meals thinking that if they loved my food, they would love me," she says. 'A healing experience' Eventually, Ree re-established her relationship with food, taking her mother's advice to approach the problem by taking "small bites", starting with hard-boiled eggs.

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What’s Cooking?
3 months, 1 week ago

What’s Cooking?

Deccan Chronicle  

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

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Slate  

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My year — and yours — of cooking Quick & Dirty
2 years, 2 months ago

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Salon  

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Huff Post  

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Cooking While Grieving Can Mean Doing The Bare Minimum. That’s OK.
2 years, 8 months ago

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Huff Post  

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3 years, 1 month ago

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The Independent  

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Donal Skehan: ‘Cooking has always been a moment of solace’
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Why cooking and baking fill a void
4 years, 2 months ago

Why cooking and baking fill a void

BBC  

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4 years, 6 months ago

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Associated Press  

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5 years, 6 months ago

Cooking with your children can make your life easier

ABC  

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Cooking for one can be an act of self-care, not just a chore
6 years, 2 months ago

Cooking for one can be an act of self-care, not just a chore

ABC  

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LA Times  

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Cooking up her dreams

The Hindu  

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Cooking opened my mind, heart and soul: Maria Goretti on first cookbook
9 years ago

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Hindustan Times  

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11 years, 11 months ago

What's Cooking? 3 Books That Are More Filling Than Food

NPR  

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14 years, 11 months ago

Food, blog by blog

The Hindu  

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My own food diary
15 years, 11 months ago

My own food diary

Live Mint  

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