"When the pandemic hit and death was suddenly everywhere, when it awaited all of us in an unsettlingly immediate way, I became obsessed with chicken breasts."
"I needed to find a way to control this uncontrollable, existential threat, and my brain decided to hoard bird flesh."
"As I moved past my chicken-specific anxiety, I fixated more generally on food prep. My whole day revolved around planning, shopping, recipe selection, and cooking."
"By the time we were allowed inside, her physical health had deteriorated profoundly from neglect... there was very little we could do about it."
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