Food for the soul makes lockdowns easier to bear for senior immigrants in England


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Chief coordinator Andrew (right) with members of the Preston Windrush Covid Response team as they dish out West Indian meals for delivery at the Xaverian Sanctuary in Preston, England. Photos: AFP

Glenda Andrew pulls a tray of salmon from the oven, filling the community centre’s kitchen with the aroma of garlic, cayenne and lemon rising from its crackling skin.

It is the scent of memory, of family dinners and church socials – the warmth of the Caribbean in the middle of a grey English winter made gloomier by Covid-19.

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