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Erin Henderson's avatar

I absolutely love everything about this wonderful post.

I too, love eating small bits of this and that, and have since I was a kid.

My mum, the chief cook in our house growing up, would occasionally get sick of it, and on Friday nights, before the weekly Saturday morning grocery shop, she put out a “clean out the fridge” dinner (what we now call, far more charitably, cheese and charcuterie). Bits of pickle and olive, leftover cheddar, a few slices of kielbasa and salami. Some crackers.

My sister and I would play in the backyard and occasionally run back for a handful of something in between somersaults, my parents would chat and snack on the balcony. We loved those dinners.

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Simón de Swaan's avatar

I'm not surprised that we repeatedly turn to the same books and that I also view the Zuni Cafe introduction as required reading for all cooks.

Thank you for this. Its exactly what I needed to read today to center and calm me.

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