Five years ago, Kenyan-born philosopher John Mbiti made one of those magical statements that grabbed my attention and almost immediately made me think: “The past,” as he put it, “lies before us.” Trying to practice what Mbiti is preaching, I have looked to the past to see what I can see about how to more … Read More
As many of you know, I have a LOT of black T-shirts. Still, as many as I have, I never turn down the chance to get another beautifully designed shirt! As with my favorite records, there are some T-shirts that, on any given week, will be high on my list for regular wearing—and two in … Read More
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SubscribeWalking into the Candy Store (inside the Coffee Company on Plaza Drive) is always an adventure! Every time I go in (which is regularly), I find fantastic new arrivals, some of which I didn’t even know existed. That’s what happened the other day, when I saw a stack of these very, very limited-edition dark chocolate bars … Read More
A little over a decade ago, the website Margaret’s Home declared, “If you want flavor and color, it’s worth your time and effort to hunt down a box of Kashmiri chili powder.” What we have on hand at the Deli, from the spice-importing specialists at Burlap & Barrel in New York, comes in a bottle, … Read More
As the autumn leaves start to turn, it seems a good time to honor this wonderful member of what we could call the Bakehouse’s “Community of Coffee Cakes.” Earlier this week, my friend Seth Godin, the marketing maven and strategy setter, wrote, Organizations invest to create an audience that sticks with them, either because they … Read More
In the first week of December 1967, philosopher and author Raoul Vaneigem published his now-classic work The Revolution of Everyday Life. Born in March 1934 in the small Belgian town of Lessines (where the artist René Magritte was also born back in 1898), Vaneigem died in Barcelona seven weeks ago, on July 28, at the age of … Read More
In 1902, the same year that Rocco and Katherine Disderide decided to build what we now lovingly know as “the Deli’s building,” the Russian-born, British-dwelling anarchist scientist and author Peter Kropotkin published what many consider to be the pinnacle of his life’s work: the book Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. In it, he writes, In … Read More
Having just written a bunch about Angela Duckworth’s inspiring insights in her books Grit and Situated, it was too hard to pass up the chance to rave about this great grits dish at the Roadhouse. Swing by for lunch or dinner, situate yourself in the Roadhouse dining room, and get some Grilled Grits! They’re so terrific, I thought I’d write … Read More
As we move through the Jewish holiday season, past Yom Kippur but a couple weeks ahead of Sukkot, this is an ideal time to cut into one of the Bakehouse’s super tasty apple babkas. Babka, as you may likely know, is one of the many foods we make that comes out of the culinary traditions of Eastern … Read More
Looking for a cheese that’s exceptionally flavorful and equally accessible? Something different but not too drastic? How about this great Cabra al Gofio goat cheese from the Canary Island of Fuerteventura? It just came back in stock at the Deli, and it is, as always, delicious! In case you aren’t well versed in their geography and history, there are … Read More
