In the Kitchen: Essays on Food and Life

by Juliet Annan

There is something about the kitchen that invites intimacy. I suppose kitchens are a space for intimacy because I will touch with my hands the things that will go in your mouth; I will taste what you taste; I will work for you, or you will work for me. I will make this for you because I love you, because you need it, because you want it.

Ella Risbridger, Cupboard Love

There’s no story to this essay; no moral either. Only a sort of plea to please notice the things about the people you love; only to please notice that you love them; only to please notice the small things that make up a life because they make up a life; and to enjoy them, while we have time.

Ella Risbridger, Cupboard Love