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The vanishing practice of eating with your hands and the loss of family mealtimes
When did dining become a functional and hasty experience, instead of a multisensory exercise in being present?
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There is a special delight in eating with your hands as food’s multisensory experience is heightened.
PHOTO: JOSEPHINE CHIA
Josephine Chia
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Ask anyone who has lost their sense of smell because of a cold or Covid-19 and they will tell you their sense of taste too went out the door.
Eating lost meaning. Meals became bland, without the benefit of a sweet aroma giving a glorious preview of a delectable dish placed on the dining table.
