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MJ Bakewell

Coming Back to Cooking

Coming Back to Cooking

MJ Bakewell, Kill Your Darlings, November 2020

My relationship with food has been clouded by my experiences of the service industry and the structural imbalances it represents. It’s the capitalist crunch – the massive time suck of work, the commodification of the things that make you feel alive and connected in the world, the difficulty in telling these things apart. But now, with this new disruption, maybe I can make a new start.

MJ Bakewell reflects on how the pandemic afforded her the time and space she needed to enjoy cooking and reconnect with her culinary inheritance.

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