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A review by midici
Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer
4.0
I cannot believe this story is from 2015 - it touches on so much of what is currently unfolding that it seems like fortune-telling to have had this story out in the world 5 years ago.
So Much Cooking is written in the form of short blog posts by the narrator, Natalie. While the blog posts start out as a typical food blog, the edges start to blur as the reality of a pandemic affects Natalie.
There's mention of social distancing, of food shortages, of people trying to isolate themselves so they don't affect others, but none of that is the focus either. Instead the focus is on Natalie's slowly growing family as she and her husband take in more and more children as the pandemic worsens, and attempts to keep them all fed with a dwindling supply of food.
It's almost impossible not to like Natalie, who creatively uses everything available to try and spread out food, who is dealing with 6 children (only some of them related to her), who is worried over her sister-in-law and who keeps up her blog in order to maintain her sanity.
I found this short story on Clarkesworld here: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_11_15/
*Re-read, 2022*
A comfort re-read at the start of another pandemic year.
Merged review:
I cannot believe this story is from 2015 - it touches on so much of what is currently unfolding that it seems like fortune-telling to have had this story out in the world 5 years ago.
So Much Cooking is written in the form of short blog posts by the narrator, Natalie. While the blog posts start out as a typical food blog, the edges start to blur as the reality of a pandemic affects Natalie.
There's mention of social distancing, of food shortages, of people trying to isolate themselves so they don't affect others, but none of that is the focus either. Instead the focus is on Natalie's slowly growing family as she and her husband take in more and more children as the pandemic worsens, and attempts to keep them all fed with a dwindling supply of food.
It's almost impossible not to like Natalie, who creatively uses everything available to try and spread out food, who is dealing with 6 children (only some of them related to her), who is worried over her sister-in-law and who keeps up her blog in order to maintain her sanity.
I found this short story on Clarkesworld here: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_11_15/
*Re-read, 2022*
A comfort re-read at the start of another pandemic year.
So Much Cooking is written in the form of short blog posts by the narrator, Natalie. While the blog posts start out as a typical food blog, the edges start to blur as the reality of a pandemic affects Natalie.
There's mention of social distancing, of food shortages, of people trying to isolate themselves so they don't affect others, but none of that is the focus either. Instead the focus is on Natalie's slowly growing family as she and her husband take in more and more children as the pandemic worsens, and attempts to keep them all fed with a dwindling supply of food.
It's almost impossible not to like Natalie, who creatively uses everything available to try and spread out food, who is dealing with 6 children (only some of them related to her), who is worried over her sister-in-law and who keeps up her blog in order to maintain her sanity.
I found this short story on Clarkesworld here: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_11_15/
*Re-read, 2022*
A comfort re-read at the start of another pandemic year.
Merged review:
I cannot believe this story is from 2015 - it touches on so much of what is currently unfolding that it seems like fortune-telling to have had this story out in the world 5 years ago.
So Much Cooking is written in the form of short blog posts by the narrator, Natalie. While the blog posts start out as a typical food blog, the edges start to blur as the reality of a pandemic affects Natalie.
There's mention of social distancing, of food shortages, of people trying to isolate themselves so they don't affect others, but none of that is the focus either. Instead the focus is on Natalie's slowly growing family as she and her husband take in more and more children as the pandemic worsens, and attempts to keep them all fed with a dwindling supply of food.
It's almost impossible not to like Natalie, who creatively uses everything available to try and spread out food, who is dealing with 6 children (only some of them related to her), who is worried over her sister-in-law and who keeps up her blog in order to maintain her sanity.
I found this short story on Clarkesworld here: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_11_15/
*Re-read, 2022*
A comfort re-read at the start of another pandemic year.