Mess Hall
A newsletter from Marian Bull about home cooking: why we do it, how to do it better, and how it interacts with the lives we live. Recipes, cookbook reviews, and recommendations to help make you a happier cook.
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Pierce Abernathy’s Corn Compound Butter (opens the original)
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getting L.I.T. at the beach (opens the original)
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WELCOME BACK. During mess hall’s hiatus I published an essay in [Untitled Food Magazine] that examines the grey area between food and sustenance. I feel quite proud of its strangeness and I hope you’ll read it1. I’ve also written a short piece for the Strategist about a revelatory bread storage solution. I’m no longer slicing and freezing<a class="footnote-anchor" href="#
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