The cook needed a day off — in fact, several days off — having been positioned firmly in the kitchen since the lockdown began. Unable to take a break, she agreed to what any sensible person might hope for — a little respite from the daily grind of steaming and sautéing. Everyone at home agreed to pitch in to relieve her of her duties provided she still cut and chopped, braised and kneaded. If she was available to lay the table, steam the rice, soak the lentils or marinate the fish, no one would grudge her time out as the
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