Bread, Butter, Salt: Archive

Communal Cookery: Day 4

We had a BBQ! Our little team pulled together a group cookout yesterday. The hotel has a grill area that is usually populated by smokers and talkers. Last night we transformed it into a party and were joined by some fellow organizers and other homesuites hotel residents. Early in the day decisions were made about what we should grill and who would be responsible for providing it. If you ever...

Sep 16th

The Snackramento Bee: Day 3

My assignment out here is to talk to people about an upcoming election. There’s a house I’ve visited a few times with a doorstep covered in dead bees. They crunch underfoot when you walk up. No one is ever home, which is probably good because I’m a little flinchy awaiting the inevitable swarm. I pass an abandoned bee farm a few times a day as well. Sky blue hives sit in a golden...

Sep 15th

A Celebration of Toast: Day 2

Dinner last night was some figs, baby kiwis and olives. Baby kiwis are the little green buds in the basket with the figs. Inside they are just like a full size kiwi but without all the exterior stubble trouble. The olives are a great example of local eating at it’s best. The flavor of the actual olive shines through more than the flavor of the oil and curing ingredients (which tends to...

Sep 14th

HomeSuite Hungry: Day 1

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I have been asked to live and work in a home suites hotel for one week. Having spent some time at these places in the past, I can assure you that the kitchen areas function mostly as places to create microwaved misery meals and store milk for coffee in the morning. My typical approach to the hotel room kitchen involves a trip to the local Whole Foods where I...

Sep 13th

Mar 8th

Pickling: Part ONE

There’s an eight quart stainless steel pot on my windowsill and my apartment smells like boiled vinegar. Wait. Let me back up. I decided to try my hand at pickling this week. According to The Georgian Feast by Darra Goldstein, one of my* favorite cookbooks ever in the history of the world, a great place to start is with pickled cabbage. It takes four days from start to finish. Today was...

Feb 10th

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I...I don't...Ok

I’m going to try to work out stories about dinner and drinks and going to the movies. Maybe funny jokes.

Nov 17th