THE BABY HAS ARRIVED
Dear people!
Saltie has birthed a baby! Our cookbook, written by the wildly talented Caroline Fidanza , is now available on Amazon (for pre-order. the actual release date is October 2012.)
It feels surreal to write this. I’ve been caught off guard! I meant to write a letter of sorts. To explain where we’ve been for the past year. But the baby has arrived. Prematurely. I mean we just sent in our bios the other day! Can’t anything wait these days? Anyway, Caroline’s mother, Anne, informed C that our book is out and C in turn, informed Rebecca and I.
Anne is in the book. As are many of Caroline’s (and Saltie’s ) friends and families. It’s beautifully written, with gorgeous photography and thrilling illustrations! Oh, and not to mention THE RECIPES! Yes, even the focaccia recipe is there.
The truth is I’m proud of this book. Actually I’m more proud of the making of this book, since I can’t actually say I’m proud of this book until I actually see it. I do know the stories, and Caroline captured them all so well that I hear her voice when I read it. To me, she was an inspiration, juggling work at Saltie and writing with Libran balance.
She opened up the process to Rebecca, Anna and I. We had discussions and readings and looked at our images and played with design ideas and ate memorable meals together. Our friends and local community even got involved, allowing their pictures to be taken. At Saltie, we dutifully measured as we cooked, had meetings and read and reread. Rebecca it turns out is gifted with English! Anna Dunn, of course, is no surprise. I made some nice drawings, and we got the best photographers! Gentl and Hyers made photography fun! We had such a blast working with them. They captured our food and our community in a beautiful way.
So anyway, there’s one thing crossed off the list of What’s Been Happening in the past year.
Until next time, Elizabeth
p.s. if you buy the Saltie Book now, you get a huge discount!
Never feel burdened at Saltie by having to make another decision. Leave it to fate thanks to the wildly talented Jill Meerpohl!!
Sentiments are gifts from our good friend Walter Sipser!
Any Given Sunday
“ A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. It had begun to snow again. He watched sleepily the flakes, silver and dark, falling obliquely against the lamplight. The time had come for him to set out on his journey westward. Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over… It was falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, farther westward, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves… It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead. -James Joyce
James Joyce
And finally by the Elizabeth Schula.
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More from the master Elizabeth Schula.
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Drawn by the amazing Elizabeth Schula
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Drawn by the brilliant Elizabeth Schula
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