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Foods in the Family

  JANUARY 31, 2021 Anyone that knows me, knows that you will rarely find me anywhere near the kitchen, except maybe during this pandemic, in which I’m practically forced to cook for myself out of necessity. It’s not that I’m a horrible cook, it’s really just the fact that I have absolutely no interest in the act of cooking or baking. Also, my least favorite thing is cleaning dishes, and those just stack up when you cook, so my solution is don’t cook. I also detest the fact that women are just assumed to be the default domestics of the family, but that’s an argument for another day. Week 5: In the Kitchen There were, however, some folks in my tree who gravitated toward the kitchen and left a breadcrumb trail of their activities in that room.  Photograph of Edna Arlene (Dean) Millhouse in the dining room off of the kitchen, 1 Jan 1984, Hawthorne, California, photo in possession of granddaughter Kira D. Foltz. My maternal grandmother, Edna Arlene (Dean) Millhouse, had a tradition...