Chef Tom Jams Bread and Butter

Alright, take a deep breath. Notice how much extra time is on your hands right now. Notice, too, that boredom has been kept at bay for a while, but it might be rearing its ugly head a bit more these days. Finally, embrace the insistence, the doggedness, the determination of your body, mind, and soul for pure, straight-up comfort food.

Now, read through these three recipes and visualize the sheer, indulgent, no-place-like-home, grandma’s-in-the-kitchen, oh-my-god-this-is-so-good nostalgia of it all, as you sit down with a good cup of tea and fix yourself a lovely-and-large slice of still warm homemade whole wheat bread, slathered with good butter and sweet jam – that you made yourself!

Got it? Can you see it? Is your mouth watering?

Good. Yum.

Chef Tom – On That Note…Everybody Dance! And OMG Salad!

 

Dance is the Siamese twin of music. They’re connected at the beat.

I have always loved dancing, starting with doing the twist with my mom in my PJ’s in my living room listening to Elvis Presley.  American Bandstand, high school square dancing, sock hops, the crawl, the hustle, the jerk, the bump, disco, the electric slide (man was that fun getting the whole dance floor going), the carlton (which is how you danced all the way through the 80’s) and finally, yes, I did my share of slam dancing in the punk clubs (although in those days I was skinny as a rail and it was fun the first dozen times, then it just hurt).