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Sarah Woods at work on an online video class

Sarah Woods at work on an online video class

Fifty years from now, all you’ll have to do is mention the words, ‘sourdough/banana bread’ and ‘Zoom’, to bring those who lived through it right back to the era of Covid-19.

Those words and phrases encapsulate the two major tropes of our lockdown lives: the great migration of lives online, for reasons of both business and pleasure; and the especial comfort we have taken from food during these fraught times.

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