In the Pandemic, Cooking Connected Me to My Ancestors
I could almost sense them beside me, as if the spattered index cards they’d left behind had come to life.
Elizabeth Gollan is working on a book about her life as a caregiver and personal chef and the political and cultural meanings of those professions. Her work has appeared in Romper and Dame Magazine.
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