November 24, 2021 by Patrice Nicholas · Your Main Squeeze

Mansplaining in the Kitchen: Why Can’t I Be Excited That My Husband Cooks?

Who's cooking in your kitchen over the holidays? At Patrice Nicholas's house, her husband mans the Cuisinart and the Le Creuset (and we do mean "man"). But before you hate her, read this.

“Don’t lift it,” my husband Henry shouted, as I did just that--took the lid off the pot of rice on the stove. Rather belated, my hand froze. “Don’t lift it,” he repeated more sternly, as he stirred a saucepan of curry beside me.

“I’m checking to see how it’s doing,” I said.

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