Kitchen Suppers
Welcome! Years ago in the aughts, the Australian celebrity Chef Bill Granger talked about something he did called “Kitchen Suppers.” It was the anti-dinner party.
Held on a Thursday, not the coveted weekend where expectations can be big. It’s a one pan or very simple dinner eaten at the kitchen table or island, never at the dining room table, which reads too fancy. Just a few people, maybe two couples or a few singles. A do-able number. They bring wine. Dessert is fruit, or a frozen chocolate bar cracked into pieces, or nothing at all. No fuss, so it’s do-able. We aren’t impressing people with our cooking. We are bringing folks together, and that’s what it’s about.
The idea behind Kitchen Suppers is inspired by my book, The Meth Lunches, and the meals we made for Charlie, our handyman, who was addicted to meth, who sat with us day after day, eating food with us, and who we got to know over these lunches. Think simple meals that allow you to bring people in, without a lot of over-complication, expense or ridiculous amounts of work.
A lot of you have asked. We will definitely be making meals from the book.
David and the kids and I are opening our home one weeknight evening a week to friends and people we want to know better in our community. This feels like a great way to have more connected relationships with people we love, or want to love, or who we hope to fall in love with. LOL. I’ll post stories and photos of these dinners, recipes, techniques, shortcuts, and things I’d do differently. What I hope is that some of these conversations also fuel topics for Thursday Essays, and more community engagement and camaraderie and maybe even thoughtful change in our communities.
All the ways we can get real by eating together.
Notes about recipe style: I am an intuitive cook and my recipes are built that way. If you need very specific recipe times, quantities and measurements, these might not work for you. But if you like to get some inspiration for a meal and then have me in your ear, prodding you along with tips and tricks, where you can play and adjust as you cook, this might be the recipe subscription for you. All recipes, unless otherwise marked, will feed 6-8 people easily.
For now, this section is FREE + I’ll post on Sundays. (I’ll still post essays on Thursdays, which will always be FREE) But if you like it and I like it, I’ll probably make this for paid subscribers, starting in the New Year, since it’s pretty detailed work. But for now, it’s open to everyone.
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