#69 | Our Artistic & Culinary Adventure!
Hand-Carved Linoleum Block Print Series Starts This Month
Hello and happy 2022!
WINTER LOVE
I would like to decorate this silence,
but my house grows only cleaner
and more plain. The glass chimes I hung
over the register ring a little
when the heat goes on.
I waited too long to drink my tea.
It was not hot. It was only warm.
—Linda Gregg, from Chosen By the Lion.
Hope you all had a great holiday season! With family visiting, we turned our garage into a ping pong and darts mecca, but the space has now transitioned into a full-on fine art print studio (see below).
By the way, I'm Bruce Cole, Publisher of Edible San Francisco. Welcome to all the new subscribers—thanks for joining us!
P.S. 🎧 New playlist for this month!
Here we go.
NEW! Linoleum Block Print Subscription
We’re now offering a monthly subscription series of unique linoleum block relief prints that we’re making available through a subscription program. This print of Radicchio Rosso di Treviso is the first in the series.
Here are the details of what you’ll receive when you subscribe:
One ~10” x 10” limited edition hand-carved linoleum block print by the artist (Edible SF Publisher, Bruce Cole) printed on archival paper (suitable for framing), and signed, will be mailed to every paid subscriber via the USPS on the 15th of each month starting January 2022.
Featuring seasonal ingredients, each unique monthly print will be accompanied by a recipe highlighting the food depicted in print.
A subscription to the 12-month exclusive print series is $10/month, or $100/year (a $20 savings!).
If you're a current subscriber to the EAT DRINK THINK newsletter, you can opt into the print subscription series by entering your email address below, which will open a box detailing the payment plan.
We hope you’ll join us on this artistic and culinary adventure!
Celeriac Galette: Winter is the prime season for celeriac, also known as celery root, although it’s not the root of the same green-stemmed plant that we normally cook with. This recipe from Michelle McKenzie makes for a hearty cold-weather meal when accompanied by a simple green salad. Edible SF
John Birdsall’s Simple Green Salad: “Like all salads I made back then, it would have been a simple thing of three or four lettuces, a chicory or two if it was a cool month, and cress, maybe, or small, tender leaves of parsley or basil. I would have tried to balance the flavors of those elements: the sweetness of head lettuces against the bitterness of leafy ones, crispness to contrast softness, perfume to temper bite. I would have dressed it with red wine, champagne or sherry vinegar, depending on the mix of greens—a little garlic or shallot macerated in the vinegar with salt, maybe, or left out entirely—in a temporary emulsion with olive oil I was careful about: no green, hot or pepper-laced oils, only sweet, yellow, buttery ones. That was it. Simple.” Edible SF
Just Add Sugar: The dessert hummus trend is still going strong and so is the conversation about cultural appropriation. Eater
Not So Sweet: “The legacy of sugar is around us, as thick as its own stalks, if only we look closely.” Alicia Kennedy in The Bitter Past and Promising Future of Sugarcane for Bitch Media
🚫 Why Can’t We Do This? A ban on plastic packaging for most fruit and vegetables went into effect in France on 1/1/2022. BBC
Related: Plastic production just keeps expanding, and now is becoming a driving cause of climate change. The Atlantic
Unfortunately Related: How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World. The Intercept
💰Tip Jar: Biden Administration to devote $1 billion to aiding independent meat/poultry producers to boost competition in the meatpacking sector. “The White House published an analysis in November that found the large meatpackers’ profits rose 300 percent during the coronavirus pandemic.” The Washington Post (paywall)
The Fine Print: The Biden-Harris Action Plan for a Fairer, More Competitive, and More Resilient Meat and Poultry Supply Chain. The White House
The Talk In Some Corners: Why Not Just Nationalize Tyson Foods? Directly solving the problem of meatpacking collusion should be pretty easy. Peoples Policy Project
On the Other Hand: Less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat, to reduce your carbon footprint. Our World in Data
Blood Colored Glasses: We Will Look Back on This Age of Cruelty to Animals in Horror. The New York Times (paywall)
Related: Calfornia is late with rules for Prop 12, ‘world’s strongest’ animal welfare law. FERN
“I Want A New Drug,” said no livestock animal ever: Antibiotic use in US farm animals was falling. Now it’s not. Wired
🙃 CNN Teams Up With Alison, “I have no culture,” Roman: “Alison’s unique style and tone make her a perfect addition to our CNN Plus line-up.” Variety
She Says, She Says: “You either like my style or you don’t, you’re into the vibe or not.” Alison Roman in The New Yorker
Your Warning Lights Are On: Mayors in SF, Oakland, and San Rafael called on Congress to refill the emergency relief fund for restaurants now, “warning of “catastrophic” impact on the local economy and a massive wave of permanent restaurant closures.” SF Chronicle (paywall)
Everybody Got Choices: The Goon With the Spoon, aka E-40, is now slinging sausages and burritos. KQED
I See You’re Drinking 15%: “Pelowinos” are drinking wine while peddling away on their Pelotons. Pix
EAT.DRINK.THINK January 2022: Wilder Days by Morgan Wade has been on repeat for weeks, the New York Times says she has a "terrific, acid-drenched voice — she sounds like she’s singing from the depths of history." Lots more romping tunes in this list too including INNA, Wolf Alice, Lady Blackbird, Remble, Pink Pantheress and more!
That’s all for this week.
We’re outta here. Be well and take care,
–Bruce
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