>>5819016>It ain’t pretty or professional but you’ve dusted your knuckles on more than a few rowdy customers in the past.>the city bred fury of a chef in a corner.>“I ain’t going down to Mickey Mouse Club House!”>You feel something familiar seep into your mind, an insult, a spark of rage, fist meeting flesh, then satisfaction.These imply that our guy remembers his past life, at least what his regular days were like. He was probably a cook in a big city and came from a rough background in his past life. If he knows his recipes as his appearance implies, he probably remembers whatever kind of diner, restaurant, or truck he used to work according to the food he makes. Assuming cooking is a genuine passion for him, he might retain memories about family, friends, and certain events in life, even if they're somewhat obscured and he can't remember any names. Making food in the kitchen with a loved one is something that sticks with a lot of people, at least without a severe mental debilitation in the mix. Cooking alone goes a long way to keep our character grounded and sane amidst the madness around him, regardless of how useful it ends up being for figuring out how to "escape." Maybe it will work the same magic for the others.
>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1447677022001826It's an obnoxiously verbose study oriented toward tourism, but the general idea is that the way someone cooks is associated with personal, sensory, and pathological factors that contextualize it with certain times and places.
