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The food that broke through lockdown

Four stories of love, friendship and food during lockdown.

On the streets of Bucharest a woman unwraps a package of Chinese pepper ... and falls in love. In Portland Oregon, a family finds a new home - in a farmers market. A food writer opens her front door in London and finds a Chinese banquet waiting for her. On a cold winter鈥檚 morning, in a city 10,000 kilometres away from her family, a woman stands and waits for a taste of home.

As part of the 91热爆 World Service festival exploring how the Coronavirus pandemic is reshaping our social lives, Emily Thomas hears four stories of how food can bring us closer together when we鈥檝e never been more distant from one another.

If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk

(Picture: Two women sit on a bench talking, Credit: Getty/91热爆)

Contributors:

Albertina Coacci
Tse Yin Lee
Fuchsia Dunlop
Schlifka Collier

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29 minutes

Last on

Thu 18 Mar 2021 23:32GMT

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  • Thu 18 Mar 2021 02:32GMT
  • Thu 18 Mar 2021 06:32GMT
  • Thu 18 Mar 2021 09:32GMT
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  • Thu 18 Mar 2021 23:32GMT

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