04/07/2020
"And then there's that survival aspect —we realize we're not masters of this earth, there's this little virus that can take us all down, and how do we reconnect with being part of natural living systems? Cooking [is] one of those things that connects us to natural living systems. Food is one of those things that connects us to the earth."
And unlike a virus, which requires a host to survive, she notes that yeast is very much a living thing.
"It's that comfort of connecting to heritage or connecting to a living thing, a microorganism like yeast," she said.
You've seen the tweets and the loaves. So why has a global pandemic turned everyone into an amateur baker?