Eating for me is absolutely social, cooking, I wont say --like others, I like to be left alone in the kitchen, because I enjoy having someone there to banter wi

Eating for me is absolutely social, cooking, I wont say --like others, I like to be left alone in the kitchen, because I enjoy having someone there to banter with while I'm whisking the hollandaise but at the same time there's only so much "ope[1], lemme just reach around ya for the cayenne...ope, sorry lemme get by ya...ope watch the burner there, ope, ope" before having someone in the kitchen with you starts getting in the way. But to each their own --- [1] HN is a big crowd, so if the "ope" thing confused anyone reading this, behold: https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2018/Ope-The-All-Purpose-Expression-of-Midwestern-Politeness/ https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2018/Ope-The-All-Pu...