Kitchen Items
GIR spatula
East Fork Pottery Everyday Bowl
Le Creuset wooden scraping spoon
Workaday Handmade medium casserole
Food Items
Burlap & Barrel Royal Cinnamon
Brooklyn Delhi tomato achaar
Jacobsen finishing salt
La Tur cheese
Rancho Gordo beans
Fly by Jing sweet & spicy zhong
Restaurants That I Return To
NYC: I Sodi for pasta limone, Via Carota for vegetables, Thai Diner for the coconut sundae, Atoboy for everything but especially the granita with burrata, Té Company for snacks and cookies and tea
DC: Thip Khao for the crispy rice salad, Yekta for the beef tongue sandwich, Centrolina for pasta, Rio Grande Cafe for the cheese enchiladas I’ve eaten since I was 7 years old
San Francisco: Zuni Café for chicken and bread salad
Mexico City: Fonda Margarita for the best beans ever, Casa de Toño for pozole and diner-style vibes
Books I’ve Loved Recently (and Not So Recently)
Nonfiction: Three Women, Bird by Bird
Fiction: Speak No Evil, Homegoing, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, Such a Fun Age, The Office of Historical Corrections, The Interpreter of Maladies, Romantic Comedy, Harold & The Purple Crayon
Cookbooks: An Everlasting Meal, Salt/Fat/Acid/Heat, Snacking Cakes, Cheryl Day’s Treasury of Southern Baking