On "Mare of Easttown," food is comfort, food is a weapon, and food is even in Fruit Ninja. (God bless Jean Smart.) On this episode, Easttownologist Lexi McMenamin (no relation to the show's fictional Erin, we think?) discusses how this hit HBO show reveals how food plays into the silence, violence, and coping that is emblematic of a kind of whiteness not often seen in media.