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Sadaf Furqan, who runs YayyCheese, a home-based business that makes cheese boards, seems to agree. “Social distancing has played a huge part because people are trying to avoid meeting each other,” she says. “There is an increase in the trend of people giving iftar platters and boxes to friends and families instead. It is driving us crazy,” she laughs. Zoya Marri, who runs Thyme, an upscale restaurant known for their dessert boards, says the popularity of the platters also has to do with people wanting more things to choose from. “When you come to a restaurant, you have a menu to choose from but when you are at home, you are quite limited,” Marri says. “You also don’t want a big portion size at home but you do want to recreate the feeling of eating at a restaurant.” ....