Audio Story: Culinary Sanctuary
Lily Evans is a senior at Santa Clara University from Seattle, Washington. She is interested in all things music, and largely the legacy of Black artists in the US.
Before the pandemic hit, I viewed cooking for myself as a chore–rather tedious and tiresome. Living alone through the height of the pandemic put a spotlight on my subpar cooking ability and forced me to reexamine my relationship with food and my physical health. With the support of my mom, the kitchen has transformed into a refuge from all the things in my life I cannot control.