To Love is to Nourish

by James Gabriel Martin

Following a recent personal loss, the writer reflects on the role food has played throughout his life, in good times and bad, from basic sustenance through to the emotional comfort, community and connection that it creates.

“THE WEEK BEFORE MY FATHER DIED I stood hunched over the kitchen sink in the house where I had grown up. I knew what lay ahead. Despite my delays in facing the finality of it.”