Last night’s rosé from @rebelrebelsomerville plus a (blurry) bonus pic of me completely candidly (lol) admiring last night’s rosé from @rebelrebelsomerville. I’ve been dying to come here, this tiny, feminist, woman-owned and operated natural wine bar that is “working to make Boston drinking culture less bro-y,” ever since @bow.market opened. Right now, they’re donating 100% of rosé sales (sales, not profits) to @yellowfund to help sustain the three abortion clinics in Alabama. The bottle we got happened to be a Ribera, a sentimental wine for me because Ribera was my first true love. It opened up doors I didn’t know were there. It made me insatiably curious about wine. I’d never seen a rosé or a natural wine from the Ribera del Duero region before, and last night I got to try both in the same glass. All in one foul swoop, Rebel Rebel made me rethink the impact that small businesses with big ideas can make AND made me appreciate my favorite wine more than I already did. If you’re in the Boston area, do the world a favor and patronize the FUCK out of this place.🍾
Adventures in meal prepping! 🤤 This weekend, in between watching birds with my family (peep the birdhouse) and raging over the dumpster fire that is this season of Game of Thrones, I made this red cabbage, beet, and date salad from The Saffron Tales by @yasminkhanstories! This recipe, hailing from Iran, is a perfectly sweet, crisp, and refreshing summer salad (just in time for more rain this week!!!!💦)! I love this cookbook and I can’t wait to get my hands on Zaitoun, Khan’s newest book on Palestinian cuisine.🇵🇸
Did you know pie crust used to be inedible? In medieval times, “pyes” had thick, hard crusts that served as storage containers and serving vessels (pies were also called “coffins” because medieval bakers were DARK). It wasn’t until somebody figured out that adding lard to things makes them taste better that the crust became part of the main attraction.
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📸: my mom’s chicken pot pie. It’s made with lardy, store-bought crust, canned veggies, and leftover chicken and it tastes like childhood. We ate a lot of chicken pie growing up because it was fast and cheap and two pies filled up four kids (my three brothers and me) for two meals (usually dinner and the following day’s breakfast). Chicken pie was my absolute favorite as a kid and today, I refuse to eat canned vegetables in any other context.
What’s in a name? That which we call a BLA KORNBLOMST by any other name would smell as sweet. 🌹 Here we have Blue Cornflower (Bla Kornblomst!), a soft, creamy, delicious Danish blue with a name reminiscent of the rural countryside, a virgin milkmaid churning butter, a wicker basket full of wildflowers, cowbells echoing in distant pastures. Stop and smell the Bla Kornblomsts @thewineandcheesecask! #blåkornblomst
I’ve been to @snappykitchensomerville twice now since moving here and ordered the exact same thing both times- Tan Tan ramen (ground pork, garlic miso, black garlic oil, chili oil, magic, love, the secret to happiness, the meaning of life, plus a soft-boiled egg). As a qualified and credentialed soup doctor, I prescribe this soup for all your rainy day woes today and every day. 🍜
Happy last day of winter! I’m celebrating by bringing this account out of hibernation! 🎉😛🍾 I’m looking forward to once again oversharing my thoughts and feelings about food with the infinite abyss of the internet! To get the meatball rolling, I’m excited to announce that I’ve applied to and was accepted into Boston University’s MLA in Gastronomy program and will be starting in the fall! I personally didn’t think it was possible to be more of a food nerd but here we are, gearing up to spend the next 2-3 years studying the history, culture, economics, and politics of food, farming, cooking, eating, and drinking! Stay tuned friends!
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Homemade ricotta gnocchi, a recipe I learned in Italy this summer which sustained me spiritually and calorically through the winter. This recipe is so simple and fast and filling and cheesy and delicious and has therefore become my go-to party trick.
