麻豆约拍

On the streets of Bucharest a woman unwraps a package of Chinese pepper ... and falls in love. In Portland Oregon, a family finds a new home - in a farmers market. A food writer opens her front door in London and finds a Chinese banquet waiting for her. On a cold winter鈥檚 morning, in a city 10,000 kilometres away from her family, a woman stands and waits for a taste of home.

As part of the 麻豆约拍 World Service festival exploring how the Coronavirus pandemic is reshaping our social lives, Emily Thomas hears four stories of how food can bring us closer together when we鈥檝e never been more distant from one another.

If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk

(Picture: Two women sit on a bench talking, Credit: Getty/麻豆约拍)

Contributors:

Albertina Coacci
Tse Yin Lee
Fuchsia Dunlop
Schlifka Collier