Brittany Kooienga Profiled Women Who Fell In Love With Their Meals Again After Getting Divorced

by | October 5, 2026

For Food & Wine, Brittany Kooienga wrote about “women finding freedom in deciding what to have for dinner without a romantic partner’s input. For many women, the mental load of meal planning for someone else’s preferences became a burden in their relationships.” Kooienga toldĀ Study Hall, “Food became an unexpected joy for many women after their divorce.”

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