My sisters and I had bonded in the kitchen, spending visits preparing elaborate dishes together for hours.
This sentence reminds me of when my cousin and I would visit our grandma and would spend the whole time in the kitchen making different desserts and meals for her to try.
“Suck it up, buttercup.”
Shows that she realized it's not fun, but she has to do it.
When the stories we tell about cooking say that it is only ever fun and rewarding—instead of copping to the fact that it can also be annoying, time consuming, and risky
Showing how people can struggle on getting the motivation to cook food because it may not work the way they had planned.
I soon ran out of money and found myself hungry and exhausted, staring down a pantry containing little more than flour, coconut flakes, a few scraggly vegetables, and two frozen chicken thighs.
Shows how she struggled to cook because she couldn't afford to buy proper food, and she didn't have the food items because she had no desire to make food.
I felt so hollow afterwards that it was as if my stomach had shifted entirely outside my body, as though my abdominal cavity was rejecting it in shame
Shows what the McRib did to her digestive system and how it felt.
like a flattened condom stuffed with Ol’ Roy-brand cat food
She use a interesting comparison to show how she felt about the McRib.
Those fast food chains are, in part, responsible for our nation’s deepening battle against obesity, hypertension, diabetes and a whole host of other health issues.
Shows how she feels on fast food chains and what they're doing to our society.
I made it through 32 years without tasting a McRib
This is how she grabs the readers attention, it makes you think about if you have ever had a McRib.