An ode to the women who hold a culture together with their hands. What I learned in a Moldovan kitchen with Elena, Veronica, Mihaela, and a glass of Domno Mihai's Jin de Casa. A reflection on the gospodinã, the making of placinte, and the kind of womanhood that gets to be more nuanced than the versions we are most often handed. From Lu Johnson, founder of Mending Miles Co.