In the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic, my family prepared nearly every meal at home. We took on ambitious kitchen projects, meal-prepped for lazy nights, baked at least two loaves of bread a week, and developed work routines that left plenty of time for cooking each evening. Of course, our collective energy eventually flagged and ambitions shriveled, so my family caved to the temptations of takeout. Meals now end not with the scrubbing of pots and pans, but an