are everywhere now, with both cooks and customers in an overwhelmed yet happy tizzy – and rightfully so. With many suddenly forced to work from home, now with extra time on their hands, food seems like the best way to go – because really, when was it not?
Mariel is a certified speech-language pathologist, providing therapy for children with special needs and speech and language disorders.Three different jobs, all with the same problem – a lull during the pandemic, with bills still to pay. "It's just wake up, find something to do and then sleep. The only thing that kept me going was cooking a themed meal for the family everyday," Carmel said. From Greek, Spanish, Thai, Italian, Chinese, to Japanese, Carmel said that"traveling the world" through their tastebuds became one way her family coped in lockdown.
"It was very challenging at first, given the limited supply and difficulty of shipping items during the ECQ. Customers surprisingly always ordered in bulk, so we had to be resourceful and used our shopping bags," Carmel shared. With enough searching, however, they eventually found reliable suppliers of fresh and premium ingredients every day.It was the same problem for Mara, too – finding the right resources at the best price to keep her business afloat.
"If there was one lesson learned, it would be: no matter how hard you prepare the day before, there may always be obstacles that will arise. You just need to exude grace under pressure.” Carmel and Mariel also addressed this with task management – assigning a point-person to a specific dish.Managing a food business at home is like being on-call 24/7 – it's a never-ending cycle of customer inquiries and order fulfillment, on top of the actual cooking and baking.
Other days of the week are for"hoarding" raw materials, to not have to shop frequently. If it’s a slow day, Mara uses the time to create new recipes. "The irony is that we don’t even have the luxury of time to prepare our themed family meals anymore," Carmel said. "We loved the opportunity to collaborate with other close friends and their businesses as well, as a way to help each other and support local, especially during these trying times," Carmel said.
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