I just wanna bang on a drum all day
The Action Cookbook Newsletter eyes the end of a very long year.
If there’s one thing that’s gotten me through this fraught year, it’s the love and support of my family and friends.
If there’s two things that have gotten me through this fraught year, it’s the love and support of my family and friends, and spending all day making an elaborate mess in the kitchen.
There’s just something I find incredibly soothing in these uncertain times about getting away from my various screens, shutting everything out, and just ripping apart the kitchen. Getting every bowl dirty. Spilling flour on the dog and getting egg on the ceiling fan. I mean, just an absolute knock-down, drag-out mess that you can clean up before anyone else notices just how bad it got. It’s a joy, and the holidays should be perfect for this. I mean, what time of year is better for justifying the time and effort spent on a ridiculous and elaborate dish?
Well, maybe we’re not getting together for the holidays this year. Fine. Let this year be practice, then. We’re going to have some big gatheri…