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During the pandemic, has anything changed in how you get food, prepare it, or eat it?

<strong> Food has become more casual. There seems to be less desire to spend as much time preparing meals.</strong> I guess my enthusiasm has diminished. One upside however is that<strong> I am making more bread than usual and sharing it with family and friends.</strong> I have made bread for years, the traditional way, a bowl to mix the ingredients in and kneading and shaping by hand. No mixer or bread machine. I started years ago after reading an article on stress and how<strong> bread making was recommended to women in Britain in WWII as a way to reduce stress during the blitz. It is a good stress reliever</strong>, especially the kneading and punching of the dough. The end result is rewarding and there is nothing better than fresh bread out of the oven. I have even got <strong> grandkids</strong> over to help on occasion. They<strong> love to punch the air bubbles out and shape it into loafs and often saying “take this Covid!” as they pound the dough</strong>. Good therapy with a good result.