Has Lockdown Created Food Addiction?

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delights, normally bought from stores and reserved for special occasions.</p><p id="28aa">Some examples below:</p><p id="fd7a">Visited my sister and she served us this extensive spread of Indian delicacies that are normally served in wedding buffets of high-quality restaurants! She made everything (even the ground spice mixtures) from scratch!</p><figure id="631b"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*i3EXJUJYktF3saKWl2_f1g.jpeg"><figcaption>Indian thali meal for home lunch — Image courtesy author</figcaption></figure><p id="a658">The cake image in the header photo is a cake my cousin baked for her daughter’s Zoom birthday party, as no one could visit in person. The Eiffel tower is edible chocolate handmade by my cousin — whoa! I have never hated the lockdown more than I did that day! :(</p><p id="a74a">I have experimented too! Despite having an infant at home and barely finding time to shower some days! Shown below is “Samosa chaat”, a spicy, savory Indian street food I loved eating when I was growing up in Mumbai!</p><figure id="dfd6"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*ZqpOCqt6Rq5vH_Wumf-PbA.jpeg"><figcaption>S

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amosa chaat — Image courtesy author</figcaption></figure><p id="3106">Some of this cooking stems from the fact that I am trying to curb my “cabin fever” by recreating some of the food delicacies I had on past travel adventures. I wrote about it here:</p><div id="148e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-satisfy-your-travel-wanderlust-during-lockdown-3dce5718978e"> <div> <div> <h2>How To Satisfy Your Travel Wanderlust During Lockdown</h2> <div><h3>Tips Beyond Virtual Hikes</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*0BKp6nU52dbs_QqeZIVXow.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="08d4">As many of my friends and family vouch, cooking is quite therapeutic, so it is a simple way of self-care during the pandemic.</p><p id="97df">What about you? Did you find some joy in cooking during the lockdown?</p><p id="990b">Did you do any extravagant cooking in these past few months?</p></article></body>

A delicious look into a happy problem

Paris cake for my niece’s birthday — Image courtesy author

I baked yummy coconut cookies yesterday. Despite being vegan, eggless, keto-friendly, and gluten-free, they were delicious and took surprisingly little time to make! I was delighting in the results when it occurred to me that the lockdown situation has transformed everyone I know into chefs-extraordinaire!

Do you agree that the lockdown is creating a food addiction?

Obviously, there are many folks who are struggling to make ends meet. And my heart does go out to them. However, I am speaking to the segment of folks cooped at home with reasonable job security and work-from-home options. This lockdown has forced us into the kitchen, and the results have been spectacular. Everyone I know is now experimenting with food recipes and making decadent delights, normally bought from stores and reserved for special occasions.

Some examples below:

Visited my sister and she served us this extensive spread of Indian delicacies that are normally served in wedding buffets of high-quality restaurants! She made everything (even the ground spice mixtures) from scratch!

Indian thali meal for home lunch — Image courtesy author

The cake image in the header photo is a cake my cousin baked for her daughter’s Zoom birthday party, as no one could visit in person. The Eiffel tower is edible chocolate handmade by my cousin — whoa! I have never hated the lockdown more than I did that day! :(

I have experimented too! Despite having an infant at home and barely finding time to shower some days! Shown below is “Samosa chaat”, a spicy, savory Indian street food I loved eating when I was growing up in Mumbai!

Samosa chaat — Image courtesy author

Some of this cooking stems from the fact that I am trying to curb my “cabin fever” by recreating some of the food delicacies I had on past travel adventures. I wrote about it here:

As many of my friends and family vouch, cooking is quite therapeutic, so it is a simple way of self-care during the pandemic.

What about you? Did you find some joy in cooking during the lockdown?

Did you do any extravagant cooking in these past few months?

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