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  • The open lid of a white Mill food recycler with its bucket full of food scraps: celery ends with leaves, an overripe black avocado, orange and lime peels, red onion skins, and other vegetable trimmings.

    How I Became the Person Who Named My Food Recycler

    Bykara April 6May 14 Food, Food & Politics, Garden, House & Garden

    Let me tell you about Millicent. Millicent lives in my garage, next to the door to the house and the glass recycling bin. She is white and rounded and about the size of a regular trash can – think one of those fancy simplehuman cans that a lot of people have in their kitchens –…

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  • Michael Twitty at an historical cooking reenactment at Smith Farm in Atlanta. Michael is sitting behind a wooden table loaded with food and ingredients. He's in front of a blazing cooking fire. There is a man to his left who is ready to enact his directions as the head cook in the room.

    What We Owe: Black Southern Foodways and the History We Need to Know

    Bykara February 2February 8 Food, Food & Politics, Personal, Politics

    This is the first in what will be an ongoing series called Food is Political. I thought it was appropriate that this first post come during Black History Month and gives me a chance to talk about attribution, appropriation, and giving credit where it’s due It’s Black History Month. And on this blog, that’s going…

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  • A triptych of images from our dinner at the optimist. From left to right: whole shrimp in butter sauce over grilled bread, a seafood platter with oysters, salmon crudo, crab salad, and shrimp cocktail, and a plate with 2 butter drenched rolls sprinkled with flaky salt.

    The Optimist: The Best Seafood in Atlanta

    Bykara February 1January 31 Food, Personal

    In July 2019, I took Zach to The Optimist for his birthday. It was our first time there, and I’m just going to say it up front: it’s the best seafood we’ve had anywhere. Better than St. Simons. Better than the coast. Better than a lot of places we’ve eaten on our travels. The Optimist…

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