Does nobody cook any more? Ordinary home cooking, not Master Chef performative rubbish for SM? Does nobody…

Does nobody cook any more? Ordinary home cooking, not Master Chef performative rubbish for SM? Does nobody make a sandwich for lunch? Was thinking about this in a lunch break this week. Once a week at work I buy my lunch. /1

A small treat. Except now I often can’t. The local bakeries and cafes and restaurants are full ALL DAY. People queued out the doors. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Does nobody ever eat at home now, or bring food to work? /2

It does feel like just one more facet of our rampant adolescent culture. Local events are dominated by food and coffee vans. I’ve seen complaints when there aren’t enough food vans. We of course know how much pressure came on public health measures, when all of this closed. /3

But that’s our culture now. Endlessly travelling, endless eating out or take-away. The mass rush away from any semblance of HOME, as a thing. Meanwhile I’ve never seen home gardens in such a disastrous state. People barely bother to mow, let alone grow anything. /4

‘Economy’ culture is a fundamental assault on place. On the concept of home. You will see it refracted everywhere, including in food culture. /end