If you are raised to eat with your hands, the use of cutlery can unleash both power and pain.
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Ishay Govender-Ypma is a freelance food and culture journalist, and author of Curry: Stories & Recipes Across South Africa. A former lawyer, she lives... between Cape Town and Lisbon, seeking the intersection between social justice issues and stories from the kitchen. She's the founder of SA POC at the Table.
If you are raised to eat with your hands, the use of cutlery can unleash both power and pain.