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fandomtownies2022-01-17 08:12 am
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Coping through Cuisine, Community Center, Monday evening
Class met today at Portalocity, and Hannibal barely waited until they were all there to wave them through a portal.
They came out in a parking lot in a much warmer climate, and Hannibal took a moment to smile as he took off his heavy coat.
"We were going to be discussing cooking as a form of coping today," he noted, "but with the weather as it is, I thought we'd save that lesson for later in favor of eating somewhere else. When people move to a new place, particularly when they are refugees and cannot return home, cooking their own culture's food and serving it to each other is a good source of comfort. If the people in their new home area enjoy the food, that's often simply a bonus.
"That said, this restaurant," he nodded at the building, "has been here - that is, in Miami, Florida - for fifty years now, so it's a very appreciated bonus." He checked his watch. "And we have reservations. I've ordered the paella, so it should be ready for us; we can order whatever else you prefer from the menu. And we can enjoy the comfort of not being in the snow."
They came out in a parking lot in a much warmer climate, and Hannibal took a moment to smile as he took off his heavy coat.
"We were going to be discussing cooking as a form of coping today," he noted, "but with the weather as it is, I thought we'd save that lesson for later in favor of eating somewhere else. When people move to a new place, particularly when they are refugees and cannot return home, cooking their own culture's food and serving it to each other is a good source of comfort. If the people in their new home area enjoy the food, that's often simply a bonus.
"That said, this restaurant," he nodded at the building, "has been here - that is, in Miami, Florida - for fifty years now, so it's a very appreciated bonus." He checked his watch. "And we have reservations. I've ordered the paella, so it should be ready for us; we can order whatever else you prefer from the menu. And we can enjoy the comfort of not being in the snow."