COVID-19 pandemic, Ashyana-Jasmine Kachra never cooked for herself.“I used to order Thai food on Sunday and then ration it out to last the whole week,” she said.But when the pandemic forced the 21-year-old Western University student to move back in with her parents in their northeast Toronto home, she became interested in learning about her family’s cooking traditions and getting in touch with her roots.
More people than ever are turning to food banks under COVID-19 “When I was on campus, I was there from morning till night,” Kachra said.