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Our Daily Breather: Gregory Porter On Learning Russian And Cooking Creatively

In Our Daily Breather, we ask writers and artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Gregory Porter has been honing his mother's knack for creative cooking.
Gregory Porter.

Our Daily Breather is a series where we ask writers and artists to recommend one thing that's helping them get through the days of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.

Who: Gregory Porter

Where: Bakersfield, Calif.

Recommendation: Getting creative and learning something new


I am quarantined in my house in Bakersfield, Calif.!

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