Do you see this woman?

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Growing up it was in the kitchen every Sunday where I would witness the most frenetic, clamorous work of our church community. Huge spoons banging against steel bowls, steam rising from the enormous pots of soup and steamers, platters of side dishes crowding the counters, and all our mothers and grandmothers shouting playfully about different methods and jokingly shoving each other out of the way. The very image of the old adage "too many cooks in the kitchen," but in this case a good thing.