I think a lot of eating out is also due to better air quality within a restaurant than within your kitchen which now (and maybe forever) smells of, and therefore tastes of smoke. So many friends have lost their history - no home, no pictures, no mementos- they just feel lost and don't even know how or where to start. It is a tragedy that may be a microcosm of Gaza or Ukraine - but here in the US with no outside enemy, only our environment that we take for granted. Glad you are all safe.
I think a lot of eating out is also due to better air quality within a restaurant than within your kitchen which now (and maybe forever) smells of, and therefore tastes of smoke. So many friends have lost their history - no home, no pictures, no mementos- they just feel lost and don't even know how or where to start. It is a tragedy that may be a microcosm of Gaza or Ukraine - but here in the US with no outside enemy, only our environment that we take for granted. Glad you are all safe.