Series: Reunion
What is it about kitchens and the way they gather people in? A family reunion at my Baba’s house and everyone is crammed into the kitchen space, where Baba is seen bustling around, the matriarch in her domain. Borcht and varenyky, breads and soups, canned cherries and sweet breads with jam baked in the middle. All of these are her language, the language of food and love. “Eat” she says in Ukrainian, despite my full tummy. She has fed me up, but it is her language of love, so I eat more.