Fresh, healthy meals: Cooking groups are helping men cope with loss

Marx (right), a professional chef, giving Sven advice on how best to fry food at the monthly cooking group for grieving widowers. Photos: Philipp Schulze/dpa

The tremor in his voice shows how hard it is for Jorg to talk about the loss of his partner who died a few months ago after 25 years together.

He has just joined a cooking group that meets regularly in a school building in a northern German city, created for widowers.